Originally native to West Asia, parts of Europe, and North Africa, the plant ... prickly ground-hugging rosette that, in the summer, puts out tall, equally spiny stalks topped with purple flowers.

This prickly plant has distinctive purple flowers and white veins, which traditional stories say were caused by a drop of the Virgin Mary’s milk falling onto its leaves. The active ingredients ...

There's a little bit of the Southwest right here in the Northeast. On top of a steep mountain overlooking the Delaware River in Lehman Township, Pike County, one might experience the essence of ...

The Florida semaphore cactus, on the other hand, has a dull gray, fleshy stem and can grow to reach a lofty 6 feet, bearing small, scale-like, reddish-orange flowers. Finally, the aboriginal prickly ...

England has a rose, Wales a daffodil, Ireland a shamrock and Scotland the purple, prickly ... flower of Scotland, however, runs deeper than just its superficial qualities as the plant was ...