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weeping willow tree

Barbados cherry

blue passion flower

Close-up of a passion-flower blossom (Passiflora) with five pink petals, five sepals, a fringed purple corona, yellow-green stamens, ovary, and three styles at the center.

Bright green leaves and clusters of small red berries on a coca plant, Erythroxylum coca.

Mangrove roots, Thailand

Saint-John's-wort

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Putranjivaceae Peridiscaceae Peraceae Euphroniaceae Goupiaceae Turneraceae Erythroxylaceae Malpighiaceae Lacistemataceae Irvingiaceae Fagales Rosales Fabales Cucurbitales Zygophyllales Oxalidales Celastrales

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous