Biennial plant information

A biennial plant is a flowering plant that, generally in a temperate climate, takes two years to complete its biological life cycle. In its first year...

particular, it can refer to: Biennial plant, a plant which blooms in its second year and then dies Biennale, the Italian word for "biennial" and a term used within...

plants, such as wood formation. Biennial plant – Flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological life cycle Perennial plant – Plant that...

fall. 55–60 days is the average time from planting to harvest.[citation needed] Turnips are a biennial plant, taking two years from germination to reproduction...

Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant, is commonly known as beggar's lice, sticktight or stickseed. However, the common names beggar's lice and stick-tight...

so that new plants will continue to grow in a garden setting. Digitalis purpurea is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. The leaves...

often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also widely used to distinguish plants with little or no woody growth...

and nearly all annuals and biennials. The fourth edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines "herb" as: "A plant whose stem does not become...

Echium wildpretii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is an herbaceous biennial plant that grows up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. The...

a popular ornamental garden plant. It is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 13–92 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster...

Onopordum acanthium or Cirsium vulgare). This species is an annual or biennial plant of the family Asteraceae. This fairly typical thistle has red to purple...

and Asia, and introduced in the Americas and Australia. It is a hairy biennial plant that can grow to 2 m tall or more. Its small, yellow flowers are densely...

meadow salsify, showy goat's-beard or meadow goat's-beard) is a biennial plant in the family Asteraceae, distributed across Europe and North America...

around July. Though short-lived, the plant readily self-seeds in favourable locations. It is sometimes grown as a biennial. The Latin coronaria means "used...

also known as meridian fennel and Persian cumin (Carum carvi), is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to western Asia, Europe, and North Africa...

cliffs on both sides of the English Channel. Wild B. oleracea is a tall biennial plant that forms a stout rosette of large leaves in the first year. The leaves...

cooked in various cuisines. The carrot is a biennial plant in the umbellifer family, Apiaceae. Young plants have a rosette of leaves while building up...

carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long taproot has cream-colored...

Verbascum blattaria, the moth mullein, is a flowering biennial plant belonging to the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. A native of Eurasia and North Africa...

flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and North Africa. It is herbaceous without woody parts and has a biennial lifecycle....

Arctium is a genus of biennial plants commonly known as burdock, family Asteraceae. Native to Europe and Asia, several species have been widely introduced...

meyenii, known as maca or Peruvian ginseng, is an edible herbaceous biennial plant of the family Brassicaceae that is native to South America in the high...

Carduus nutans is a biennial plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae with the common names musk thistle, nodding thistle, and nodding plumeless...

Award of Garden Merit. This tender annual or biennial plant is sown in heat in early spring, and planted out when all danger of frost has passed (May...

Silybum marianum, also called milk thistle), compass plant, and scarole, is an annual or biennial plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae...

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...

angelica, garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the family Apiaceae, a subspecies of which is cultivated for its...

Zealand as an introduced species. It is a herbaceous biennial plant (rarely a short-lived perennial plant) growing to 1–2.5 metres (3.3–8.2 ft) tall. The inflorescence...

(celeriac), or their leaves (leaf celery). Apium graveolens is a stout biennial plant, producing flowers and seeds only during its second year. It grows up...

formerly known as Gaura biennis, the biennial gaura or biennial beeblossom, is a North American flowering plant that can reach 6 ft (1.8 m) in height...