Annual plant - Citizendia

Peas are an annual plant.

Botanically, an annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Germination is the process whereby growth emerges from a period of dormancy A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also A year (from Old English gēr) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the Orbit of the Earth around the Sun True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed. Some seedless plants can also be considered annuals even though they do not flower.

In gardening, annual often refers to a plant grown outdoors in the spring and summer and surviving just for one growing season. Many food plants are, or are grown as, annuals, including most domesticated grains. Some perennials and biennials are grown in gardens as annuals for convenience, particularly if they are not considered cold hardy for the local climate. A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than A biennial plant is a flowering Plant that takes two years to complete its lifecycle. Hardiness of Plants is a term used to describe their ability to survive adverse growing conditions Carrot, celery and parsley are true biennials that are usually grown as annual crops for their edible roots, petioles and leaves, respectively. The carrot ( Daucus carota subsp sativus, Etymology: Middle French carotte, from Late Latin carōta, from Greek karōton See also Wild celery Apium graveolens is a plant species in the family Apiaceae, and yielding celery and Celeriac Parsley ( Petroselinum crispum) is a bright Green, biennial Herb, also used as Spice. Tomato, sweet potato and bell pepper are tender perennials usually grown as annuals. The tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum, syn Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a herbaceous usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family The sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas) is a Dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae "Green pepper" redirects here For green peppercorns see Black pepper.

Ornamental annualer perennials commonly grown as annuals are impatiens, wax begonia, snapdragon, Pelargonium, coleus and petunia. Impatiens is a genus of about 900-1000 species of Flowering Plants in the family Balsaminaceae. Begonia is a Genus in the Flowering plant family Begoniaceae. Pelargonium is a Genus of Flowering plants which includes about 200 Species of perennial, succulent, and Shrub Solenostemon is a Genus of Perennial plants native to Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, the East Indies For Petunia Pig, a Looney Tunes character see Petunia Pig For Aunt Petunia see Aunt Petunia For Some biennials that can be grown as annuals are pansy and hollyhock. The pansy or pansy violet s are a large group of plants cultivated as garden Flowers Pansies are derived from Viola tricolor and can include

One seed-to-seed life cycle for an annual can occur in as little as a month in some species, though most last several months. Oilseed rapa can go from seed-to-seed in about five weeks under a bank of fluorescent lamps in a school classroom. Brassica rapa (syn Brassica campestris) is a Plant widely cultivated as a Leaf vegetable (see Mizuna) a Root Many desert annuals are termed ephemerals because their seed-to-seed life cycle is only a few weeks. An ephemeral plant marked by short life cycles usually six to eight weeks They spend most of the year as seeds to survive dry conditions.

Examples of true annuals include corn, lettuce, pea, cauliflower, watermelon, bean, zinnia and marigold. Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa) is a Temperate annual or Biennial plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. A pea (inaccurately called a '''sweet pea''' by food distubutors is most commonly the small spherical Seed or the seed-pod of the Legume Pisum Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae. Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ( Thunb) Matsum & Nakai family Cucurbitaceae) refers to both Fruit and Plant of a vine-like (climber Bean is a common name for large plant Seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae used for human food or animal Zinnia is a Genus of 20 species of annual and perennial Plants of family Asteraceae, originally from scrub and dry

Summer annuals

Summer annuals sprout, flower and die within the same spring/summer/fall. The lawn weed, crabgrass, is a summer annual. Digitaria is a Genus of about 300 species of Grass (family Poaceae) native to tropical and warm temperate regions

Winter annuals

Winter Annuals are plants that have an annual life span but tend to germanate in the fall or winter and bloom in late autumn/fall, winter or early spring. The plants grow and bloom during the cool season when most other plants are dormant or other annuals are in seed form waiting for warmer weather to germinate. Winter annuals die after flowering and setting seed, the seeds wait to germinate until the soil temperature is cool again in the fall or winter. Winter annuals typically grow low to the ground, where they are usually sheltered from the coldest nights by snow cover, and make use of warm periods in winter for growth when the snow melts. Some common winter annuals include henbit, deadnettle, chickweed, and winter cress. Lamium amplexicaule ( Henbit Deadnettle, Greater Henbit) is a species of Lamium native to Europe, western Asia Lamium ( deadnettle) is a genus of about 40-50 species of Flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which family it is the type genus Barbarea ( Bar-ba-ré-a, Winter cress or Yellow rocket) is a genus of about 22 species of Flowering plants in the family Winter annuals are important ecologically, as they provide vegetative cover that prevents soil erosion during winter and early spring when no other cover exists and they provide fresh vegetation for animals and birds that feed on them.

Although they are often considered to be weeds in gardens, this viewpoint is not always necessary, as most of them die when the soil temperature warms up again in early to late spring when other plants are still dormant and have not yet leafed out. Even though they do not compete directly with cultivated plants, sometimes winter annuals are considered a pest in commercial agriculture, because they can be hosts for insect pests or fungal diseases (ovary smut - Microbotryum sp) which attack crops being cultivated. Ironically, the property that they prevent the soil from drying out can also be problematic for commercial agriculture.