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Index of Plant Families (5 families in this page) |
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BORAGINACEAE
Juss.
( Borage Family ) | Subfamalies: Boraginoideae; Cordioideae; Ehretioideae; Heliotropioideae; Hydrophylloideae; Lennooideae
Family Description: Herbs or dwarf shrubs, often hispid. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, simple. Flowers usually in scorpioid cymes, usually actinomorphic. Calyx 5-toothed or-lobed. Corollas lobed, cylindrical, campanulate, hypocrateriform or rotate, usually with a distinct tube and limb; tube often with 5 scales, invaginations, or tufts or lines of hairs inside, sometimes with an annulus at the base. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla and alternating with the lobes. Ovary superior, 2- or 4-locular; style usually simple, arising from between the 4 lobes of the ovary (gynobasic), rarely terminal. Fruit of 2 or 4 nutlets (rarely 1 or 3 by abortion). |  |  | |  |
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Common Name |
Maltese Name |
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Retzius
Main Synonym :
Anchusa azurea | Italian Bugloss,
Large Blue Alkanet,
Garden Anchusa | Lsien Il-Fart Ikħal | Apr-Jun |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Common Borage,
Common Bugloss,
Burrage | Fidloqqom | Dec-May |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Honeywort,
Great Honeywort | Qniepen | Feb-Apr |  | Detailed Profile
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Miller
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Blue Hound's Tongue | Ilsien Il-Kelb | Feb-May |  | Normal Profile
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Gussone
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Coastal Viper's Bugloss | Lsien Il-fart Tar-ramel,
Lsien Il-fart Tax-xtut | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Jacquin
Main Synonym :
Echium fastuasum | Pride Of Madeira | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Pale Bugloss,
Italian Viper's Bugloss,
Italian Bugloss | Ilsien Il-fart Abjad,
Ilsien Il-fart Kbir | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Moench
Main Synonym :
Echium calycinum | Small-flowered Viper's Bugloss | Lsien Il-fart żgħir | Jan-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Echium lycopsis | Purple Viper's Bugloss,
Paterson's Curse,
Salvation Jane | Lsien Il-fart Vjola | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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Pomel
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Sand Viper's Bugloss | Lsien Il-fart Tax-xatt | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Salt Heliotrope,
Seaside Heliotrope,
Quailplant | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Common Heliotrope,
Potato Weed,
European Heliotrope | Vanilja Bajda | Jun-Sep |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Buglossoides arvense | Field Gromwell,
Corn Gromwell | Maltese Name Not Known | Jan-May |  | Normal Profile
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Rochel
Main Synonym :
Myosotis collina | Early Forget-me-not | Widnet Il-ġurdien | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) I.M. Johnston
Main Synonym :
Lithospermum apulum | Yellow Gromwell | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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Kunth
Main Synonym :
Wigandia urens var. caracasana | Wigandia | Maltese Name Not Known | Jun-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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CONVOLVULACEAE
Juss.
( BindWeed Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Stems often climbing. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic, in terminal or axillary inflorescences, sometimes solitary. Sepals 5, usually free. Corolla infundibuliform, tubular or campanulate, usually 5-lobed or -angled. Stamens 5, alternating with corolla-lobes. Ovary 1- to 4-locular, superior; ovules 1 or 2 in each loculus; style terminal. Fruit a capsule. | | | | |
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Maltese Name |
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(L.) Roemer & schultes
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus soldanella | Sea Bindweed,
Sand Bindweed | Leblieb Tar-ramel,
Leblieb Tal-baħar | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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(Kitaibel) Grisebach
Main Synonym :
Calystegia sepium var. silvatica | Great Bindweed | Leblieb Kbir | May-Jun | | Normal Profile
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(Tenore) G. Don
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | n/a | Leblieb Bagħal | Jun-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mallow Bindweed,
Riviera Bindweed | Leblieb Tax-xagħri Roża | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Field BindWeed,
Lesser Bindweed,
Morning Glory Flower | Leblieb Tar-raba | May-Sep |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Southern Bindweed | Leblieb Skars | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. tenuissimus | Silvery Mallow-Leaved BindWeed,
Mallow-leaved Bindweed | Leblieba Tax-xagħri Car,
Leblieba Roża | Apr-Jul |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Narrow-leaved Bindweed,
Pygmy Bindweed | Leblieb Abjad,
Leblieb Tax-xatt | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Desrousseaux
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Pink Bindweed,
Olive-leaved Bindweed | Leblieb Tal-irdum,
Leblieb Tal-blat | Mar-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Two-coloured Bindweed,
Grassy Bindweed | Leblieb żgħir | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Blue Bindweed,
Small Bindweed | Leblieb Tal-werqa Tleqq | Mar-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(Todaro) Cavara & Grande
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Three-coloured Bindweed,
Dwarf Morning Glory | Leblieb Ikħal,
Leblieb Tal-werqa Tleqq | Apr-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mediterranean Bindweed,
Grey-leaved Marsh Cresse,
Salt Cresse | Kressa | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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Yuncker
Main Synonym :
Cuscuta pentagona | Western Field Dodder,
Golden Dodder,
Field Dodder | Pittma Tal-Amerika | Dec-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Dodder,
Clover Dodder,
Thyme Dodder | Pittma | Mar-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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Vahl
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | n/a | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Apr | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Ipomoea bona-nox | Moonflower Vine,
Moon Vine | Maltese Name Not Known | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Sweet
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus cairica | Ivy-leaved Morning Glory,
Mile A Minute Vine | Maltese Name Not Known | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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(Burmann) Merrill
Main Synonym :
Convolvulus indica | Ocean Blue Morning Glory,
Blue Dawnflower | Kampanella | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Roth
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Common Morning Glory | Maltese Name Not Known | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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LAMIACEAE
Lindl.
( Mint Family )
Conservative synonym: Labiatae | Subfamalies: Symphorematoideae; Viticoideae; Ajugoideae; Prostantheroideae; Nepetoideae; Scutellarioideae; Lamioideae
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs, often glandular and aromatic. Leaves usually simple, exstipulate, opposite. Flowers zygomorphic, usually in contracted and modified cymes in the axils of opposite bracts or floral leaves, forming pseudowhorls called verticillasters, which in turn are arranged in simple or compound spike-like, cymose, corymbose, paniculate or capitate inflorescences; rarely in true cymes. Bracts leaf-like, or much reduced or modified (usually called floral leaves when conspicuous). Bracteoles usually small, sometimes absent. Calyx usually 4- or 5-lobed, often 2-lipped with the upper lip 3-toothed and the lower 2-toothed. Corolla sympetalous; limb usually 5-lobed, often 2-lipped with the upper lip 2-lobed and the lower lip 3-lobed, rarely all 5 lobes forming the lower lip. Stamens usually 4, didynamous, rarely 2. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate but appearing equally 4-lobed when mature due to further partition; style single, usually branched above and gynobasic. Fruit of four 1-seeded nutlets. | | | | |
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Maltese Name |
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(L.) Schreber
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Southern Bugle,
French Groundpine,
Southern Groundpine | Xantkura | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(DC.) Briquet
Main Synonym :
Ajuga iva subsp. Pseudoiva | Yellow Southern Bugle,
French Groundpine | Xantkura Safra | Mar-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(Fiori & Bèguinot) Patzak
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Black Horehound,
Black Hoarhound,
Stinking Horehound | Marrubja Sewda | Oct-Nov |  | Detailed Profile
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(L.) Savi
Main Synonym :
Satureia nepeta | Lesser Calaminth,
Nepitella,
Basil Thyme | Kalaminta,
Kammilta | Oct-Apr |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Henbit Dead Nettle,
Common Henbit,
Giraffe Head | Kapilliera | Dec-Apr |  | Normal Profile
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Lavandula officinalis | Common Lavender,
True Lavender | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | French Lavender,
Fringed Lavender | Maltese Name Not Known | Jun-Nov | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Fern-leaved Lavender,
Egyptian Lavender,
French Lace Lavender | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | White Horehound,
Common Horehound | Marrubja Bajda | Apr-Jun | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Balm,
Lemon Balm | Nagħniegħ In-naħal,
Burieħa,
Melissa | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Water Mint | Nagħniegħ Selvaġġ | Jun-Nov | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Peppermint,
Pennroyal Mint,
European Pennyroyal | Plejju | Apr-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha viridis | Spear Mint | Nagħniegħ,
Nagħniegħ Tal-ikel | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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Ehrhart
Main Synonym :
Mentha rotundifolia | Round-leaved Mint | Nagħniegħ Selvaġġ | May-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Mentha balsamea | Peppermint | Nagħniegħ Tas-seba' Rwejjaħ | Jul-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Bentham
Main Synonym :
Satureja graeca | Greek Savory,
Pink Micromeria | Sagħtrija Griega | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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(D'urv) Benth.
Main Synonym :
Satureja microphylla | Maltese Savory,
Small-leaved Micromeria | Xpakkapietra,
Xkattapietra,
Sagħtrija | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Basil,
Common Basil | Ħabaq | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Dictamnus creticus | Dittany,
Dittany Of Crete,
Hop Marjoram | Riegnu Ta' Ġnien Il-Kbir | May-Sep | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Marjoram,
Sweet Organic | Merqtux,
Riegnu | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Majorana onites | White Marjoram,
Pot Marjoram | Riegnu Abjad | May-Sep | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Oregano,
Wild Marjoram,
Greek Oregano | Riegnu Selvaġġ,
Merqtux Selvaġġ | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Great Sage,
Jerusalem Sage | Salvja Tal-Madonna | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(Lour.) Spreng.
Main Synonym :
Coleus amboinicus | Cuban Oregano,
Spanish Thyme,
Mexican Thyme | Maltese Name Not Known | Feb-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | White Hedge-Nettle,
Mediterranean Prasium | Te` Sqalli | Dec-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Rosemary | Klin | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Salvia triloba | Three-lobed Sage | Salvja Ta' Sqallija | May-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Common Sage | Salvja Tal-ikel | May-Aug | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Wild Sage,
Wild Clary,
Vervain Salvia | Salvja Selvaġġa | Oct-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Common Siderits,
Simplebeak Ironwort | Sideritis | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Briquet
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Hairy Woundwort,
Yellow Woundwort,
Italian Hedge-nettle | Betonika | Mar-May |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Yellow Germander | Borgħom Komuni | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Olive-leaved Germander,
Evergreen Germander,
Shrubby Germander | Żebbuġija | Dec-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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(Schreber) Arcangeli
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Water Germander | Borgħom Tal-ilma | Apr-Aug |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Cavanilles
Main Synonym :
Thymbrus capitatus | Mediterranean Thyme,
Headed Savory,
Conhead Thyme | Sagħtar | May-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Chaste Tree,
Monk's Pepper,
Virgin Bush | Siġret Il-virgi,
Għadib,
Bżar Il-Patrijiet | May-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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SOLANACEAE
Juss.
( Potato Family ) | Subfamalies: Cestroideae; Goetzeoideae; Nicotianoideae; Petunioideae; Schizanthoideae; Schwenckioideae; Solanoideae
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple to pinnate, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic or zygomorphic, hermaphrodite. Calyx (3-)5(-6) lobed or -dentate. Corolla rotate to campanulate, infundibuliform or tubular, 5(6- or 10)-lobed, rarely subentire; lobes valvate or plicate in bud. Stamens 5(-8), adnate to the corolla-tube and alternating with the lobes; anthers usually with introrse longitudinal dehiscence. Ovary superior, with 2 (rarely more) loculi; style simple; stigma entire to 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule or berry usually 2-locular. Seeds usually numerous (rarely 2-11). | | | | |
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Miller
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Downy Thorn Apple,
Desert Thorn Apple,
Angel's Trumpet | Siġret Ir-rizzi | May-Dec |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Common Thorn Apple,
Apple Of Peru,
Devil's Trumpet | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Dec | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Datura stramonium var. tatula | Devil's Trumpet,
Jamestown Weed,
Jimsonweed | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Dec | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | White Henbane,
Russian Henbane | Mammażejża,
Bang | All Year |  | Detailed Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Henbane,
Black Henbane | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Jul | | Normal Profile
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Lycium ovatum | Chinese Tea Tree,
Chinese Desert Thorn | Għawseġ Taċ-Ċina | Apr-Jul | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Mediterranean Tea Tree,
Mediterranean Boxthorn,
Spiny Jujube Tree | Għawseġ Tal-Mediterran | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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Miers.
Main Synonym :
Lycium macrocalyx | African Tea Tree,
African Boxthorn,
Cape Boxthorn | Għawseġ Tal-Afrika | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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Boissier
Main Synonym :
Lycium europaeum var. intricatum | Southern Tea Tree,
Southern Boxthorn | Għawseġ | Mar-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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Mill.
Main Synonym :
Solanum lycopersicon | Tomato | Tadama | Apr-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Graham
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Glaucous Tobacco,
Tree Tobacco,
Shrub Tobacco | Tabakk Tas-swar | Apr-Oct |  | Normal Profile
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(Hook) P.L. Vilmorin
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Petunia | Petunja | Apr-Sep | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Physalis pubescens var. peruviana | Peruvian Cape Gooseberry | Tuffieħ Tal-fanal | May-Jun |  | Normal Profile
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Cavanilles
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Silver-leaf Nightshade | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Sep |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Black Nightshade,
Garden Nightshade,
Poisonberry | Għeneb Id-dib Iswed | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Brown Nightshade | Maltese Name Not Known | Apr-Oct | | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Potato | Patata | |  | Normal Profile
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Miller
Main Synonym :
Solanum luteum | Yellow Nightshade,
Hairy Nightshade,
Red-fruited Nightshade | Għeneb Id-dib Isfar,
Tuffieħ Is-serp | Apr-Nov |  | Normal Profile
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(L.) Dunal
Main Synonym :
Physalis somnifera | Mediterranean Withania | Maltese Name Not Known | May-Sep | | Normal Profile
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VERBENACEAE
Jaume St.-Hil
( Vervain Family ) | Subfamalies: nil.
Family Description: Herbs or shrubs with opposite or verticillate leaves. Flowers 4- to 5-merous, weakly zygomorphic. Calyx usually small. Corolla rotate. Ovary superior, initially 1-locular but becoming 2- to 4-locular by the development of septa; style terminal; ovules usually 1 in each loculus. Fruit usually a drupe, rarely a capsule or dividing into 2 or 4 1-seeded nutlets. | | | | |
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L.
Main Synonym :
Duranta erecta | Golden Dewdrop,
Sky Flower | Maltese Name Not Known | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lantana armata | Lantana,
Spanish Flag | Lantana | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Trailing Lantana | Lantana Xeblieka | All Year |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
Lippia repens | Lippia,
Creeping Lip Plant,
Turkey Tangle Fogfruit | Maltese Name Not Known | Jun-Jul |  | Normal Profile
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L.
Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon | Common Verbena,
Vervain,
Herb-of-the-cross | Buqexrem | Apr-Dec |  | Normal Profile
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