It comes from the nectar of the flower of Leptospermum scoparium — also known as Manuka, which is only native to New Zealand. Mānuka, in fact, is a Maori word. "The plant itself is very rare.

Unlike many of the annual weeds in New ... flower stem forms, and leaves present near the top of this flower stem are quite smooth, lacking the bristly hairs of rosette leaves. A similar weed, wild ...

Each flower produces only one or two large seeds, but these seeds can form new plants should the weed be successfully killed off with herbicides. Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) also has white, ...

The original tall poppies bloomed in the garden of Tarquin the Proud, last king of Rome. To communicate that his enemies ...

Water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) is a serious water weed and is infamous for its invasive, fast-growing nature. Given ...