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Name the Plant Trivia Quiz

Here are ten descriptions of plants. It's a mixture of flowering plants, shrubs, trees and others. My sources are the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Wikipedia.

A multiple-choice quiz by queenofsheba. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
queenofsheba

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
271,911

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
888

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What conifer belongs to the family Taxaceae, and has a fleshy, red, cup-shaped aril around its seeds? Hint

cedar

yew tree

larch

spruce

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Question 2 of 10

2. What family of herbs includes the cotton plant, the hibiscus and the lavatera? Hint

mallow

lavender

parsley

camomile

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Question 3 of 10

3. What ornamental foliage plant of the family Liliaceae is in the title of a George Orwell novel? Hint

aspidistra

petunia

geranium

fern

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Question 4 of 10

4. What tree has compound leaves with an odd number of leaflets, and is named fraxinus in Latin? Hint

ash

poplar

alder

elm

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Question 5 of 10

5. What garden and pot plant usually has four tepals (=petals and sepals together), including two large and two small ones? Hint

gladiolus

begonia

daffodil

busy Lizzie

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Question 6 of 10

6. What 15 species of edible mushrooms belong to the saddle fungi? Hint

ceps

fly agarics

puffballs

morels

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Question 7 of 10

7. What herb with small, purple flowers is also named veronica? Hint

salvia

speedwell

snapdragon

forget-me-not

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Question 8 of 10

8. What shrub with small, bright-yellow flowers is named cytisus scoparius in Latin? Hint

honeysuckle

hydrangea

cornel

common broom

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Question 9 of 10

9. What tree has a white bark that peels horizontally in thin sheets? Hint

lime tree

willow

birch

plane tree

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Question 10 of 10

10. What conifer with edible berries belongs to the cypress family? Hint

hawthorne

rowan tree

juniper bush

laurel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What conifer belongs to the family Taxaceae, and has a fleshy, red, cup-shaped aril around its seeds?

Answer: yew tree

The European or common yew tree (taxus baccata) is the best known. Variations are the Canadian and the Pacific yew.

2. What family of herbs includes the cotton plant, the hibiscus and the lavatera?

Answer: mallow

The Latin name is Malva. This family exists in Europe, Africa and Asia.

3. What ornamental foliage plant of the family Liliaceae is in the title of a George Orwell novel?

Answer: aspidistra

You find it in East Asia: China, Vietnam etc. Orwell found it a boring plant.

4. What tree has compound leaves with an odd number of leaflets, and is named fraxinus in Latin?

Answer: ash

It belongs to the olive family. Most ashes are deciduous, but a few subtropical species are evergreen.

5. What garden and pot plant usually has four tepals (=petals and sepals together), including two large and two small ones?

Answer: begonia

This genus belongs to the family Begoniaceae. The only other plant is this family is the hillebrandia in Hawaii.

6. What 15 species of edible mushrooms belong to the saddle fungi?

Answer: morels

Morchella or morels are a genus closely related to the cup fungi. They are popular in the French kitchen.

7. What herb with small, purple flowers is also named veronica?

Answer: speedwell

The best known species are the veronica arvensis (=common or corn speedwell) in Europe, Africa and Asia, and the veronica americana (=American brookline) in North America.

8. What shrub with small, bright-yellow flowers is named cytisus scoparius in Latin?

Answer: common broom

Some species have white, orange, red or purple flowers, but most of them are yellow.

9. What tree has a white bark that peels horizontally in thin sheets?

Answer: birch

The birch or betula belongs to the family betulaceae. European species include the silver birch and the white birch. The yellow birch and the water birch are North American.

10. What conifer with edible berries belongs to the cypress family?

Answer: juniper bush

A juniper berry is the female seed cone of a juniper. The juniperus communis is used in gin and spices. Some species are poisonous and others are inedible however.

Source: Author queenofsheba

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