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Viola arvensis is a species of violet known by the common name field pansy. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and a weed of disturbed and cultivated areas. Viola arvensis was shown to contain cyclotides, a class of peptides found in plants. The peptide cycloviolacin O2 in particular has shown to possess cytotoxic activity against human cancer cells and is therefore looked at as a potential drug lead.

Carex echinata is a species of sedge known by the common names star sedge and little prickly sedge.

Rumex conglomeratus, known as clustered dock and sharp dock, is a plant of the family Polygonaceae. It is an annual or biennial plant growing up to 100 cm high. A native of Europe, Asia and North Africa, it has also been introduced into North America.

Galium pumilum, the slender bedstraw or small bedstraw, is a plant species of the genus Galium.

Quercus serrata, the jolcham oak (Chinese: 枹栎; pinyin: bāolì, Japanese: 小楢 (konara)), is an East Asian species of tree in the beech family. It is native to China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.

Lachenalia is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year. Lachenalia is named after the Swiss botanist Werner de Lachenal (1736-1800). Species are sometimes known as Cape cowslip, though they are not even somewhat related to the true cowslip Primula veris.

Lycium ruthenicum (Chinese: 黑果枸杞; pinyin: hei guo gou qi), is a flowering plant commonly known as Russian box thorn in the West. It is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family which can be found in Central Asia, southern part of Russia, throughout Northwest China, Northern India and Pakistan. Also commonly known as black fruit wolfberry, siyah goji, black goji and kaokee.

Euphorbia cyathophora, known by various names including painted spurge, dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-the-mountain, paintedleaf, and wild poinsettia. Native to subtropical and tropical North and South America, it is widely naturalized elsewhere. They belong to the Cyathium type of inflorescence. Here, the inflorescence axis is convex in shape. Dwarf poinsettia is an annual herb growing up to 3 feet (0.91 metres) tall. It has green stems with leaves that are oblanceolate with lobed margins. It grows near disturbed sites.

Geum laciniatum (commonly named rough avens or hairy herb-bennet) is a member of the family Rosaceae. It is a perennial forb, native to eastern North America.

Allium pallasii is a species of wild onion native to Central Asia, Mongolia, Altay Krai and Xinjiang. It occurs in deserts and dry steppes at elevations of 600–2300 m. Allium pallasii had one round bulb up to 20 mm across. Scape is up to 30 cm tall. Leaves are tubular, shorter than the scape, up to 2.5 mm wide. Flowers are pale red or pale purple.

Heliotropium angiospermum, common name scorpion's tail or scorpion-tail, is a flowering plant in the Heliotropium genus and family Heliotropiaceae. An annual or short-lived perennial it grows in Florida and Texas into Mexico as well as on various islands in arid lowlands. Its nectar is sought-out by butterflies and also provides food for bees and birds. The stems terminate in scorpioid inflorescences. It is employed for medicinal uses on some Caribbean islands. It can tolerate rocky or sandy soil and grows up to 3-feet high.

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Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks (petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of Rheum in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. The plant is a herbaceous perennial that grows from short, thick rhizomes. Historically, different plants have been called "rhubarb" in English. The large, triangular leaves contain high levels of oxalic acid and anthrone glycosides, making them poisonous and therefore inedible. The small flowers are grouped in large compound leafy greenish-white to rose-red inflorescences. The precise origin of culinary rhubarb is unknown. The

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Hibiscus lobatus, the lobed leaf mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to parts of the seasonally dry Old World Tropics, from Senegal in Africa to Hainan in China, and it has been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago. An annual with white (or yellow) flowers, it lacks the pseudo-sepals which are found in all Hibiscus.

Haloragis erecta, the shrubby haloragis, toatoa, fireweed or erect seaberry, is a plant species that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a non-threatened perennial herb found throughout New Zealand up to an altitude of around 500m above sea level. The leaves are opposite and coarsely toothed. The stems are square and reddish/maroon in colour and flowers throughout the year producing red, pink and yellow flowers.