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Olearia Macdonnellensis
''Olearia macdonnellensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub shrub with broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped leaves and yellow, or white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia macdonnellensis'' is an erect, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of up to and has angular stems and hairy young branchlets. Its leaves are arranged alternately along the branchlets, broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long and with a few small teeth on the edges. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged in clusters of two to five on the ends of branchlets on a peduncle long, each head wide with six to eight white or yellow ray florets, the ligule long, surrounding fifteen to twenty yellow disc florets. Flowering occurs from May to October and the fruit is a hairy achene, the pappus with 20 to 32 bris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Alan Cooke
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
