Results for "nectar"
21 pages found.
- Nectar Glossary
- Nectar guide Glossary
PeachPrunus persica
A flowering fruit tree from China, grown for its pink blossoms and sweet fruit
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering tree
HoneysuckleLonicera
Twining vines and shrubs with sweet-scented tubular flowers and edible nectar
Lonicera · Wildflower
Common IvyHedera helix
An evergreen climbing vine with lobed leaves and nectar-rich autumn flowers
🇮🇪 Ireland and 7 more · Wildflower
Siberian columbineAquilegia sibirica
A hardy lilac-blue and white columbine from Siberia and Central Asia
🇲🇳 Mongolia and 3 more · Wildflower
Himalayan balsamImpatiens glandulifera
Tall Himalayan annual with pink helmet-shaped flowers and explosive seed pods
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Wildflower
Darwin’s orchidAngraecum sesquipedale
The Madagascan orchid with a long nectar spur and a famous moth pollinator
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Wildflower
Spear thistleCirsium vulgare
Tall, spiny thistle with purple flowers and a symbol of Scotland
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
Sacred garlic pearCrateva religiosa
A tropical tree with spidery, nectar-rich flowers
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Wildflower
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
A hardy wildflower with pale blue, saucer-shaped blooms
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
A blue-violet wildflower of damp meadows and heaths in Europe and western Asia
Succisa pratensis · Wildflower
Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonica
A twining vine with sweetly scented white and yellow flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Common bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
A yellow pea-flowered wild plant found in grasslands and fields
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Aquilegia alpina
A rare blue-flowered columbine from the Alps
🇫🇷 France and 3 more · Wildflower
Aerangis
A genus of star-shaped, night-scented orchids from tropical Africa and nearby islands
Aerangis · Orchid
Protea repenssuikerbossie
A South African shrub with showy red to cream flower heads and sweet nectar
🇿🇦 South Africa · Wildflower
Chuquiraga jussieui
A low, endangered shrub of the high Andes, with pale yellow or orange flowers
🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 more · Flowering shrub
Angraecum
A genus of white-flowered orchids with long nectar spurs, mostly from Africa and Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 4 more · Orchid
TrochetiaBoucle d'Oreille
Rare bell-shaped flowers from the Mascarene Islands, with coloured nectar
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Wildflower
Nematanthus
A trailing Brazilian plant with pouch-shaped flowers that resemble goldfish
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 more · Garden flower
Bull banksiaBanksia grandis
A tall, fire-resistant tree with large lobed leaves and pale yellow flower spikes
🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree
Butterfly BushBuddleja
Shrubs and small trees with nectar-rich flowers that draw butterflies
Buddleja · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bull banksia: Cygnis insignis, Public domain, source
- Butterfly Bush: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Peach: Jack Dykinga, USDA, Public domain, source
- Honeysuckle: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, source
- Common Ivy: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Siberian columbine: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Himalayan balsam: Guptaele, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Darwin’s orchid: No machine-readable author provided. Jeffdelonge assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spear thistle: Sciadopitys, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sacred garlic pear: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Meadow Crane's-bill: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Devil's-bit Scabious: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Japanese honeysuckle: William Rafti of the William Rafti Institute, aka Rafti Institute at e, Attribution, source
- Common bird's-foot trefoil: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Aquilegia alpina: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea repens: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chuquiraga jussieui: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Angraecum: Diogo Correia, Public domain, source
- Nematanthus: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source