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Ceropegia woodii

Bushman's Pipe, Chain of Hearts, Chinese Lantern, Necklace Vine, Rosary Vine, String of Hearts, Sweetheart Vine

Fingers lifting the small heart-shaped leaves.

Fingers lifting the small heart-shaped leaves.

Potted vining plant trained on a heart-shaped trellis.

Potted vining plant trained on a heart-shaped trellis.

Strangely shaped flowers

Strangely shaped flowers

5 Cultivars/Varieties

Curio radicans

Banana Vine, Creeping Berry, Necklace Plant, String of Bananas, String of Fishhooks

Potted plant with succulent. Leaves like little green bananas.

Potted plant with succulent. Leaves like little green bananas.

Stems with banana-shaped leaves sprawled over other plants.

Stems with banana-shaped leaves sprawled over other plants.

Close-up of banana-shaped succulent leaves.

Close-up of banana-shaped succulent leaves.

Curio repens

Blue Chalksticks, Blue Chalk Sticks, Blue Toes, Snake Ragwort

Low-growing mat of chalky blue succulent foliage.

Low-growing mat of chalky blue succulent foliage.

Close-up of heads of flowers with orange protruding stigmas.

Close-up of heads of flowers with orange protruding stigmas.

1 Cultivar/Variety

Hypericum hypericoides subsp. multicaule

Decumbent St. Andrew's Cross, Low St. John's-wort, Multi-stem St. Andrew's-cross, Reclining St. Andrew's Cross, Straggling St. John's-wort

Flowers and leaves

Flowers and leaves

Stem and leaves

Stem and leaves

Capsules forming

Capsules forming

Juniperus conferta 'Blue Lagoon'

Blue Lagoon Juniper

Juniperus conferta 'Blue Lagoon'

Juniperus conferta 'Blue Lagoon'

Juniperus conferta 'Silver Mist'

Silver Mist Shore Juniper

Juniperus conferta 'Silver Mist'

Juniperus conferta 'Silver Mist'

Juniperus conferta 'Silver Mist'

Juniperus conferta 'Silver Mist'

Medicago lupulina

Black Clover, Black Medick, Black Nonesuch, Hop Clover, Trefoil, Yellow Trefoil

Whole Plant Pulled Out of the Ground

Whole Plant Pulled Out of the Ground

Botanical Illustration

Botanical Illustration

Mollugo verticillata

Carpetweed, Devil's Grip, Green Carpetweed, Indian Chickweed, Whorled Chickweed

Mollugo verticillata

Mollugo verticillata

Mollugo verticillata

Mollugo verticillata

Mollugo verticillata

Mollugo verticillata

Opuntia drummondii

Cockspur Prickly-Pear, Creeping Cactus, Dune Prickly-Pear, Sand-bur Prickly-Pear

Form - Ft. Macon State park - June - Craven Co., NC

Form - Ft. Macon State park - June - Craven Co., NC

Cactus with yellow flowers, red fruits, and spiny pads

Cactus with yellow flowers, red fruits, and spiny pads

Orbea variegata

Carrion Cactus, Carrion Flower, Starfish Cactus, Starfish Flower, Toad Cactus, Toad Plant, Toad Spotted Cactus

Flower close up

Flower close up

Procris repens

Polynesian Ivy, Rainbow Vine, Satin Creeper, Satin Pellionia, Trailing, Trailing Watermelon Begonia, Wavy Watermelon Begonia

Potted plant with creeping stem and mottled leaves.

Potted plant with creeping stem and mottled leaves.

Tribulus terrestris

Goathead, Puncturevine

Form growing on a beach

Form growing on a beach

Leaves and flowers

Leaves and flowers

Hairy stem, leaves and fruit

Hairy stem, leaves and fruit

Compound leaves

Compound leaves