Rose, Daisy or Iris Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rose

Apple comes from central Asia, belongs to the rose family and its scientific name is Malus domestica. It is one of the most cultivated fruit trees. The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked and forms the basis of cider and apple vinegar.

Answer: Rose

Apricot, Prunus armeniaca, important fruit tree that belongs to the rose family, cultivated throughout the temperate regions of the world, especially in the Mediterranean. The apricot was originally domesticated in China. The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked or made into jam or dried out.

Answer: Rose

Cherry belongs to the rose family and the genus Prunus and goes by the scientific name Prunus avium. The fruit is normally eaten raw but can be preserved and dried as well.

Answer: Rose

The peach tree, Prunus persica, is a deciduous fruit tree from the rose family, native to China, that grows up to 10 meters tall with deep roots, typically 3-4 meters in height, producing pink or white flowers and a fuzzy, edible fruit with a hard pit.

Answer: Rose

The strawberry plant, Fragaria × ananassa, is a low-growing, perennial herbaceous plant from the rose family, featuring a central crown, fibrous root system, and basal, compound leaves. The fruit is red and sweet and can be eaten raw or made into jam.

Answer: Daisy

Chrysanthemum, or mum, is an herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family (Asteraceae), native to Asia and Europe. Popular as a garden plant and cut flower, it is known for its colorful blooms, including yellow, white, and pink, and requires full sun and well-drained soil to thrive.

They are commercially important, used ornamentally and in traditional medicine for various properties, including potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.

Answer: Daisy

Chamomile is an ancient, daisy-like medicinal herb from the Asteraceae family, used in traditional medicine for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-spasmodic properties to treat ailments like anxiety, insomnia, indigestion, and pain.

Answer: Daisy

Dandelion is a weedy perennial herb of the genus Taraxacum of the family Asteraceae. It has a rosette of leaves at the base of the plant and leaves that are nearly smooth-margined, toothed, or deeply cut. It produces a solitary yellow flower head composed only of ray flowers. The leaves are used in salads, and the root is used to produce a coffee substitute.

Answer: Daisy

Hawkweed is a group of perennial plants (genus Hieracium) that form dense, basal rosettes of leaves and send up leafless, hairy stalks with dandelion-like flower heads, which are typically yellow or red orange.

Answer: Daisy

Salsify is a root vegetable known for its oyster-like or slightly nutty flavor and long, slender root, which can be pale white (common salsify) or black (black salsify).

Answer: Iris

A gladiolus, or "sword lily," is a flowering plant in the iris family with long, sword-shaped leaves and upright flower spikes bearing funnel-shaped blooms that open from bottom to top.

Answer: Iris

Crocuses are small, perennial, herbaceous plants belonging to the Iris family (Iridaceae), known for their showy, cup-shaped flowers that bloom in spring, fall, or winter, depending on the species. Saffron is the crimson, thread-like stigma and styles of the Crocus sativus flower and it is by weight the most expensive seasoning in the world.

Answer: Iris

Freesias are highly fragrant, spring-blooming flowers native to South Africa, growing from fuzzy, teardrop-shaped corms.

Answer: Iris

Babiana, or "bobbejaantjie," are South African geophytes belonging to the iris family (Iridaceae), characterized by underground corms from which leaves and flowers emerge annually, typically forming clumps of pleated leaves.

Answer: Iris

Devia is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae first described in 1990. It contains only one known species, Devia xeromorpha, endemic to the southwestern part of Cape Province in South Africa.