Anyone order sponges they seemed to have been lost in the bush 🧽 wellin fact these are the fruit of #Trachymene ornata a widespread species in the #Araliaceae, they look spongy thanks to the dense woolly hairs coving their mericarps and are by far the most showy part of the plant!

Plerandra actinostigma is a #floweringPlant in the family #Araliaceae. It was first described in 1968, as Schefflera actinostigma, and is endemic to #Vanuatu.

I pulled a stray #Hedera helix (🇬🇧 Ivy 🇩🇰 Vedbend) and this is what I found. Could it be the subterranean part of an #Orobanche hederae (🇬🇧 Ivy Broomrape 🇩🇰 Vedbend-Gyvelkvæler)?

📣 #Araliaceae, #bloomscrolling, #botany, #Broomrape, #gardening, #Gyvelkvæler, #Orobanchaceae, #blålys, #SignalBoost

Where does the ginseng in your tea come from? A new graphic memoir explains the trade Craig Thompson, author of the award-winning graphic memoir Blankets returns with its spiritual successor. It's a look at his childhood growing up on ginseng farms, and the intricate balance of the glo...

#Panax #ginseng #Araliaceae
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Two flower spikes consisting of long racemes of small red flowers protrude from a profusion of palmately compound medium green leaves

#StreetPlanting Umbrella tree #Heptapleurum actinophyllum
#Araliaceae
#sydney #gardening #tree #trees #BloomScrolling #UrbanPlanting 🌱 Bondi Beach

Nine long racemes of small red flowers protrude from a profusion of palmately compound medium green leaves. The background is overexposed, white

#Heptapleurum actinophyllum happily flowering as a #StreetPlanting
#Araliaceae
#sydney #gardening #FlowerReport #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱 Bondi Beach

Meryta latifolia
Araliaceae
Norfolk Island,
November 2023.
#Wildoz #OzFlora #Meryta #Araliaceae #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #NorfolkIsland #Rareflora

Photo of a shrub with palmately compound leaves with fine-textured, narrow leaflets.

Photo of palmately compound leaves with broad leaflets.

Here’s how I learned firsthand about #heteroblasty: Pleranda elegantissima (syn. Dizygotheca e., Aralia e.; #Araliaceae). Juveniles are popular houseplants. 📷1: Cazé Hélène CCBYNCSA4. Adults look very different. 📷2: Mark Richman CCBY4. #Botany 🌱🧪🌾