Plants Category C: Flowers
and Indoor Plants
Category C: Flowers
African Violet, Celosia, Coleus, Columbine, Cosmos, Cyclamen, Crocus, Daffodil, Dahlia, Daylily, Dianthus
sp., Dracanena, Ficus
sp., Geranium, Gloxinia, Hosta, Hyacinth, Iris, Jade, Lily, Nasturtium, Neantha
Bella Palm, Peony, Peperomia, Petunia, Rose, Salvia, Snakeplant, Snapdragon, Tulip, Zinnia
African Violet
Leaves:
Many fleshy, round to oval, almost toothless, purplish beneath, fuzzy,
long petioles.
Flowers:
1-4 inch with loose cluster on top, flowers across, flattened not tubular,
many colors.
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Celosia
Leaves:
Alternate 2" or longer, unlobed, terminate, linear-lanced-shaped, sometimes
variegated.
Flowers:
Dense chaffy spikes, forming a cockscomb or cone-shaped (plume-shaped),
1" to 4" long, bright colored.
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Coleus
Leaves:
Opposite, heart-shaped or egg-shaped being wider below middle, round saw-toothed,
teeth pointing forward, colorful and showy. Square stems.
Flowers: Small to medium, mostly blue or lilac, terminal spikes, branched.
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Columbine
Leaves:
Compound with 2-3 leaflets, appear scalloped.
Flowers: Spring to early summer; terminating the branches, long backward
projecting spurs.
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Cosmos
Leaves:
Flat and commonly fleshy, some lacy. Stems are succulent and mostly
spiny, cylindric, globe-shaped, flattened or grooved.
Flowers:
Blooms are single or clustered, often large and showy, many colors and
various shades of a color, such as pink.
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Crocus
Leaves:
Linear, grass-like, commonly striped.
Flowers:
Spring flowering atop a long slender tube.
Roots:
Corm, loose almost "stringy" skin.
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Cyclamen
Leaves:
Heart, kidney or egg-shaped, round lobes at base, long leaf stem, usually
marbled or variegated with white.
Flowers:
Single nodding flower atop each flower stalk, petals strongly bent backward
appearing upside-down.
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Daffodil
Leaves:
Linear and flat or narrow & rush-like, appearing with the flowers,
basal.
Flowers:
Spring flowering atop a 2 ft or less flower stalk, mostly nodding, petals
forming tubular "cup" which is attached "T" shaped.
Roots:
Bulb, brown, papery skin, elongated neck.
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Dahlia
Leaves:
Opposite, 1 or 3 leaflets per leaf, egg-shaped.
Flowers:
Petals slightly cup shaped, ranging from 2" to plate size.
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Daylily
Leaves:
Basal, narrow, keel-shaped, linear, grasslike.
Flowers:
Bell-shaped, petals curving backward at tip.
Roots:
Fibrous or tuberous.
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Dianthus sp.
Leaves:
are ferny-like, light green to deep green in color.
Flowers:
Blooms are size of a penny, short stems, pink and red common but come
in other colors also.
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Dracaena
Leaves:
Various, long sword-shaped, broad & having leaf stem; marked with stripes,
bands or dots. Mature plants leaves crowded at top of trunk or branches.
Flowers:
Mostly in little clusters, small, not showy.
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Fiscus Sp.
Geranium
Leaves:
Mostly opposite, veining, lobed or divided into segments, often strong-smelling.
Flowers:
Globe-shaped clusters, each flowering having nectar-spur.
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Gloxinia
Leaves:
Opposite, large, shaggy, oblong or egg shaped to 8" long, 6" wide, shallow
round-toothed, rounded or pointed tip, short-petioled.
Flowers:
Large, 3" long, showy,single or clusterd atop stems.
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Hosta
Leaves:
Usually wide and puckered or crisp, some can be striped to variegated in
patterns on each leaf, rounded to pointed, many heart-shaped, some
with bell-shaped blooms.
Flowers:
Colors of deep blue-green, chartreuse-green, light green to dark, some
can have white edgings or margins.
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Hyacinth
Leaves:
4-6 narrow, strap-shaped, tip rounded.
Flowers:
Clusters atop hollow flower stalk.
Roots:
Bulbs, papery skin, globe shaped, round disk at base, white or purple.
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Iris
Leaves:
Basal, sword-shaped, flat grass-like, many veins lengthwise.
Flowers:
Blooms are showy, many colors, bearded or stand upright and often have
an arch.
Roots:
Rhizomes or bulbs
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Jade
Leaves:
Fleshy, opposite, toothless, hairless, shiny, taper-based.
Flowers:
compact clusters.
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Lily (Easter, Asiatic, Oriental)
Leaves:
Alternate, long, narrow, lance-shaped, pointed, smooth, dropping toward
tip.
Flowers:
Trumpet-shaped, 4-7 inches long, horizontal, petals flaring outward.
Root:
Bulb, globe shaped, closely overlapping scales, no skin layers.
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Nasturtium
Leaves:
Simple, alternate, long leaf stem attached to middle of leaf, circular
or kidney shaped, toothless.
Flowers:
Irregular on long flower stalks, 1-2 1/2 inches across, each petal having
long stem, fringed or cut.
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Neantha Bella Palm
| A small,
fine-textured, single trunked palm, usually 4 high. Leaves
are pinnately compound; leaflets are lanceolate, with short,
unarmed petioles. Fruits are black and globose, maturing
throughout the year.
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Peony
Leaves:
Alternate, large, leaflets in threes, compound or divided into segments.
Flowers:
Large, usually terminal, sometimes clustered.
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Peperomia
Leaves:
Alternate opposite, succulent, simple, toothless, petioled.
Flowers:
Small, dense, small slender spikes.
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Petunia
Leaves:
Alternate, soft, simple, toothless.
Flowers:
Funnel-shaped terminal flower stalks, petals ruffled, smooth.
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Rose
Leaves:
Alternate, odd pinnate, with stipules growing from petiole.
Flowers:
Solitary or clustered
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Salvia
Leaves:
Opposite, simple, oval or lance-shaped, margins toothed or segmented.
Flowers:
Spikes
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Snakeplant
Snapdragon
| An erect
herbaceous annual or perennial with stiff stems. The leaves
are simple and alternate, with entire margins. They are lanceolate
to oblong-lanceolate. The stems are usually covered with
short, sticky hairs. Flowers are borne on terminal recemes,
growing from the axils of small leafy bracts. The corolla
is tubular to 2 long and pouched, forming a mouth. Colors
are red, pink, yellow, orange, and purple with all shades
and combinations of these.
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Tulip
Leaves:
Broad, thick, arising from bulb.
Flowers:
Most erect, bell-shaped, fringe or ruffled petals.
Roots:
Bulb, papery skin, tapering upward-rain drop.
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Zinnia
Leaves:
Opposite, wrapping around stem, toothless.
Flowers:
Heads solitary, terminating the branched, stiff and chaffy petals.
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