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Hieracium Jaccardii
''Hieracium lachenalii'', also known as common hawkweed or yellow hawkweed, is a species of plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe but has become established as a weed in Australia and parts of North America. The species was widely known for many years as ''H. vulgatum'', but more recent studies have indicated that the two names represent the same species. The name ''H. lachenalii'' was coined in 1802, ''H. vulgatum'' in 1819, so the older name is to be used. Description This common weed can grow and produce flowers on plants that range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to 36 inches (90 cm) tall. The rhizome is short and stout. The broadly Elliptic leaf, elliptic leaves can be up to 5 inches (12 centimeters) long and :wiktionary:taper#Adjective, taper with teeth towards the base. Each flower head has 40-80 ray florets but no disc florets Bracts surround the flower head; the receptacle (Basal (anatomy), basal part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Rudolf Suter
Johann Rudolf Suter (29 March 1766, Zofingen – 24 February 1827, Bern) was a Swiss physician, botanist and philologist. Life He studied natural history at the University of Göttingen, obtaining his PhD in 1787. From 1791 to 1793, he studied medicine at University of Mainz, Mainz, and after receiving his medical doctorate at Göttingen (1794), he became a medical practitioner in his hometown of Zofingen. From 1798 to 1801, he was a member of the council for the Helvetian Republic, and afterwards was a practicing physician and private scientist in Bern (1801–1804) and Zofingen (1811–1820). In 1820 he was appointed a professor of philosophy and ancient Greek, Greek at the University of Bern, Academy of Bern. He was the author of the two-volume ''Flora Helvetica'' (1802). The plant genus ''Sutera (plant), Sutera'' (family Scrophulariaceae) was named in his honor by German botanist Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1807). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |