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Index of Plant Families (4 families in this page)

APOCYNACEAE
Dogbane
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Asclepiads
GENTIANACEAE
Gentian
RUBIACEAE
Bedstraw
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APOCYNACEAE

( Dogbane Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Small trees, shrubs, or herbs, with poisonous latex. Leaves simple, exstipulate, with glands in or above the axils. Flowers solitary or in cymes, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, 5-merous. Corolla with oblique lobes, contorted in bud. Stamens 5; anthers introrse, closely surrounding the stigma. Ovary superior; carpels 2, usually free, united by a single style above. Fruit of two fusiform follicles, usually opening by the ventral suture; rarely only one follicle developing.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Nerium oleander
L.

Main Synonym :
Nerium indicum
Dogbane,
Rose Bay 		Siġra Tad-Difel,
Difla,
Oljandru 		Apr-Oct Short Profile
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Thevetia peruviana
(Persoon) K. Schumann

Main Synonym :
Cascabela thevetia
Dogbane,
Lucky Nut,
Mexican Oleander 		No Name Jul-Oct Short Profile
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Vinca major
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Dogbane No Name Mar-Jun Short Profile
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ASCLEPIADACEAE

( Asclepiads Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Shrubs or perennial herbs, sometimes with twining stems. Leaves usually opposite, simple, exstipulate, sometimes scale-like. Flowers in axillary or terminal cymes or umbels, actinomorphic, 5-merous. Corolla-lobes contorted or valvate in bud. Single or double corona, of 5 or 10 free or more or less connate segments, inserted at the base of the filaments. Anthers united in a ring and usually adnate to the stigma, forming a gynostegium. Pollen in pollinia or tetrads, becoming attached to translators (pollen-transfer devices) which consist either of a cochleariform body and an elongate portion ending in an adhesive disc, or of 2 arms and a claw. Ovary superior; carpels 2, free below, united at the stigma. Fruit a pair of follicles, though often only one developing. Seeds comose at apex.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Periploca angustifolia
Labill.

Main Synonym :
Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia
Asclepiads,
Wolfbane 		Siġret Il-Ħarir,
Siġra Tal-Ħarir 		Nov-Apr Detailed Profile
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GENTIANACEAE

( Gentian Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Glabrous bitter-tasting herbs. Leaves opposite (very rarely some alternate), entire, exstipulate, usually sessile and often connate at the base. Flowers 4- to 5(to 12)-merous, actinomorphic. Calyx more or less deeply lobed. Corolla-lobes contorted in bud. Stamens inserted on the corolla-tube. Ovary superior, 1-locular, with 2 parietal placentae, rarely almost 2-locular owing to the intrusive placentae; ovules numerous. Fruit a septicidal capsule.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Blackstonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata
(L.) Hudson

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Gentian Ċentawrija Safra Mar-May Short Profile
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Centaurium erythraea
Rafn

Main Synonym :
Erythraea centaurium
Gentian,
European Centaury 		Ċentawrija Kbira Apr-Jun Short Profile
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Centaurium pulchellum
(Swartz) Druce

Main Synonym :
Erythraea pulchellum
Gentian,
Branched Centaury 		Ċentawrija żgħira Apr-Jun Short Profile
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Centaurium spicatum
(L.) Fritsch

Main Synonym :
Schenkia spicata
Gentian No Name May-Aug Short Profile
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Centaurium tenuiflorum
(Hoffmennsegg & Link) Fritsch

Main Synonym :
Erythraea pulchellum var. tenuiflorum
Gentian Ċentawrija Rqiqa Apr-Jun Short Profile
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RUBIACEAE

( Bedstraw Family )		 Subfamalies: nil.

Family Description: Herbs or dwarf shrubs. Leaves nearly always opposite, simple, entire; stipules separate, connate or divided, sometimes leaf-like and then forming whorls of 4-12 apparent leaves. Inflorescence thyrsoid, paniculate or corymbose, sometimes condensed to a spike or head, or reduced. Flowers actinomorphic, usually hermaphrodite. Sepals usually free, sometimes reduced or absent. Sympetalous; corolla hypocrateriform, infundibuliform, cupshaped or rotate. Stamens epipetalous, alternating with the lobes of the corolla. Ovary inferior, usually 2-locular and with a disc; loculi with 1-numerous ovules. Style simple or 2-fid. Fruit dry, dividing into mericarps, or fleshy. Seeds endospermic.
Botanical Name Common Name Maltese Name Flowering Period Thumbnail Picture Profile Type
Asperula aristata subsp. scabra
(J. & C.Presl) Nyman

Main Synonym :
Asperula cynanchica var. aristata
Bedstraw No Name All Year Short Profile
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Asperula cynanchica
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Bedstraw No Name All Year Short Profile
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images.
Crucianella rupestris
Gussone

Main Synonym :
Crucianella maritima var. rupestris
Bedstraw,
Rock Crosswort 		Kruċanella Apr-Jun Short Profile
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Galium aparine
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Bedstraw,
Goosegrass,
Sticky Willy 		Ħarxajja Komuni Mar-May Short Profile
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Galium murale
(L.) Allioni

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Bedstraw Ħarxajja Mar-Apr Short Profile
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images.
Galium spurium
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Bedstraw Ħarxajja Mar-May Short Profile
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images.
Galium tricornutum
Dandy

Main Synonym :
Galium tricorne
Bedstraw,
Three-horned Bedstraw 		Ħarxajja Mar-Apr Short Profile
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Galium verrucosum
Hudson

Main Synonym :
Galium saccharatum
Bedstraw,
Warty Bedstraw 		Ħarxajja Safra Jan-May Short Profile
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Putoria calabrica
(L.f.) Persoon

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Bedstraw Putorja May-Jun Short Profile
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Rubia peregrina
L.

Main Synonym :
Rubia tinctorium
Bedstraw,
Etruscan Madder,
European Wild Madder 		Ħarxajja Selvaġġa,
Robbja Selvaġġa 		Apr-Jun Short Profile
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Sherardia arvensis
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Bedstraw,
Blue Field Madder 		Ħarxajja Tal-għelieqi,
Ħarxajja Roża 		Feb-May Short Profile
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Theligonum cynocrambe
L.

Main Synonym :
Cynocrambe prostrata
Bedstraw Ħabaq Il-ħnieżer Dec-May Short Profile
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Valantia hispida
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Bedstraw No Name Mar-Apr Short Profile
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images.
Valantia muralis
L.

Main Synonym :
No main synonyms for this taxon
Bedstraw No Name Feb-May Short Profile
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images.
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