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"Curio sulcicalyx is a small succulent plant in the daisy family that is native to South Africa and Namibia. Description It is only 4 inches (10cm) tall and has tuberous roots, with dark green leaves that would have short white hairs. Flowers are white to mauve and may be yellow, which appear in spring.Curio sulcicalyx World of Succulents References sulcicalyx Category:Flora of South Africa Category:Flora of Namibia Category:Garden plants "
"John Furnival (29 May 1933 – 31 May 2020) was a British artist and teacher, active in visual and concrete poetry. He was best known for his 'wordscapes'. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Tate, the British Museum and the V&A; in London. Life and work Furnival was born in Brockley, south London. He studied at Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College (from 1944) then Wimbledon School of Art (1951–1952). Between 1954 and 1957 he did national service, receiving tuition in Russian in Fife, Scotland then working in the War Office in Whitehall, translating Russian documents. Afterwards he studied at the Royal College of Art (1957–1959). He was best known for his 'wordscapes', "made by drawing letters, words, phrases and long passages directly on to paper, card or painted panels. Towers (the Tower of Babel especially) and mazes were his recurring themes, as were witty imagery and verbal gymnastics." His preferred medium was pen and ink", using "whatever came to hand – envelopes, food labels or commercial documents". In 1960, Furnival moved to Gloucestershire and taught at Cheltenham Art School and at Stroud Art College. The same year he married Astrid Belling and the pair moved to near Nailsworth in the Cotswolds, where he spent most of his life. He taught at Bath Academy of Art in Corsham, Wiltshire, and after its return to Bath, at Bath School of Art and Design, between 1965 and 2002. Furnival, Sylvester Houédard and Edward Wright, founded Openings in 1964 to publish visual and concrete poetry. With Houédard and Kenelm Cox, he founded GLOUP (the GLOUcestershire grouP) in 1974. Furnival also collaborated on print, drawing and book projects with Ian Hamilton Finlay, Anselm Hollo, Thomas Meyer and Jonathan Williams, and with his wife, a textile artist. He died on 31 May 2020, aged 87. He is survived by his wife Astrid and their children, Eve, Jack, Harry and Claudia. Collections Furnival's work is held in the following permanent collections: *British Museum, London: 4 works (as of June 2020) *Museum of Modern Art, New York: 2 works (as of June 2020) *Tate, UK: 1 work (as of June 2020) *Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 4 works (as of June 2020) ReferencesExternal links * Category:1933 births Category:2020 deaths Category:20th-century English artists Category:21st-century English artists Category:Academics of Bath Spa University Category:Alumni of Wimbledon College of Arts Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Art Category:Artists from London Category:English male artists Category:People from Brockley Category:Place of death missing Category:Writers from London "
"Phebalium filifolium, commonly known as slender phebalium, is a species of upright, rounded shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth branchlets covered with silvery scales, more or less cylindrical leaves with silvery scales on the lower side and pale to bright yellow flowers arranged in umbels of between three and eight on the ends of branchlets. Description Phebalium filifolium is an erect, spreading or rounded shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its branchlets are smooth and covered with silvery, scale-like hairs. The leaves are more or less cylindrical or bluntly triangular in cross-section, about long and wide, glabrous on the upper surface and covered with silvery or rust-coloured scales on the lower surface. The flowers are pale to bright yellow and borne in umbels of three to eight. The five sepals are long, joined for half their length and covered with rust- coloured scales on the outside. The petals are broadly elliptical, long and wide, covered with silvery scales on the outside. Flowering occurs from September to December. Taxonomy Phebalium filifolium was first formally described in 1863 by Nikolai Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond. Distribution and habitat This phebalium grows on sandy and gravelly soils and is found between Dalwallinu, Menzies, Katanning and the Cape Arid National Park in Western Australia. Conservation status This phebalium is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. References filifolium Category:Flora of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 1852 Category:Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow "