What are acanthus?

in botany, acanthus are a group of flowering plants found in tropical and warm mild areas. There are about 30 different types of plants that make up this family. The highest number of species can be found growing in and around the Mediterranean region. This is also commonly referred to as Bear's pants. Akanthos means a thorn plant and refers to barbed leaves of some different species of this plant family. Most species are perennial or shrubs, which means they will live for more than two years or that they are winter resistant in areas where they are. There are also several examples of vineyards and trees that are Acanthus plants.

These types of plants have different leaves and floral displays. The leaves are arranged in simple pairs that grow along the twig, with most different species growing on the leaves. The leaves and leaves of the plants remain near the ground and come from flower spikes. Depending on the species, the leaves may be varied in color or a mint white and green areas.

Small individual flowers are grouped into clusters on spikes that grow from the top of the plant. In most cases, flowers are either white or purple colors. The size of each plant may vary from 1.3 to 6.6 ft (0.4 to 2 m) in height based on the height of the actual flower. Acanthus species are grown by gardeners as ornamental plants both for their different leaves of leaves and for its predominant floral displays. acanthus balcanicus, A. spinosus and a. Mollis are three species that are commonly used as field plants.

The term acanthus is also used in architecture to describe the proposal, which is the PPO departments of the leaves of these plants. The design was found dating back to ancient Greece and is cut into stone and wood. It is said that the pattern of the sheet found in the upper part of the Corinthian columns is modeled after either after a. Mollis or a. Spinosus types of these plants. It surrounds this theory of Acanthus decoration and Acanthus plant has some controversy. Alois Riegal, Austrian art historian at the end of the 18th century, claimed that the ornament of Acanthus actually began as Palmette and later transformed to resemble the plant a. Spinosus