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The pod is burst open and the cotton is revealed. Is not is beautiful?
Not as spectacular as its pink cousin, yet pretty...
There are several species of Floss
Flores rosas grandes después del verano. Muy frecuente en los jardines de ...
Creates pods filled with cotton that burst open and leave cottony tufts on the ...
These trees have thorns growing on the bark and are introduced from South ...
The flowers are a bit past their prime as I am a month later this year. Flowers ...
Large lavender flowers with a whitish center and long stamen. Blooms in ...
A very thorny tree covered in pink and white flowers.
3 day late: [ http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/121646083 ]
Large tree with swollen trunk and thorns growing from trunk and branches. Seed ...
Bright pink flowers on sparse tree with spiky trunk. The fruit is large and ...
This tree is covered in sharp spikes about 1.5 inches thick at the base. The ...
white, silky, filament-like hairs known as pappus,
industrially useful).
The "Floss
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Ceiba Species: C. speciosa Binomial name Ceiba ...
rows, have white silky filament-like hairs known as pappus,
A species of deciduous tree native to the tropical and subtropical forests of ...
white, silky, filament-like hairs known as pappus,