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A family of herbs, shrubs, or trees (order Polygonales) chiefly of the north temperate zone having mostly entire leaves with stipules forming a sheath round the stem and flowers that are spicate and apetalous and including the buckwheats.
A genus of European and Asiatic annual plants (family Polygonaceae) having the achene much exceeding the perianth but otherwise resembling members of the genus Polygonum.
Gentianaceae, the gentian family (order Gentianales) of flowering plants: annual and perennial herbs and, rarely, shrubs. Members of the family are native primarily to northern temperate areas of the world, though many are also found in tropical and subtropical regions. Flowers of certain members of these genera display some of the purest blues in the plant kingdom, and many are cultivated as garden ornamentals.
Restricted exclusively to saline or brackish ocean environments.
Marine algae live naturally in seas and oceans around the world. They include seaweeds and tiny plants suspended in the water. They can look like green flakes, greenish bundles or brownish dots.
1: a small usually metal object bearing a religious emblem or picture
2: a piece of metal often resembling a coin and having a stamped design that is issued to commemorate a person or event or awarded for excellence or achievement
