The family name is taken from Acanthus (one of its genera), some of whose species have spiny leaves. Yet the most commonly encountered Acanthus ornamental is bear’s breech, whose Latin name of ...

According to a new video from Vox, these leaves are all modeled after the same plant, acanthus, and their origins can be traced back to the same ancient myth. Columns featuring acanthus leaves are ...

Emlen Urban and built in 1924 in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, has a Corinthian capital with acanthus leaves. The French Baroque-style Kirk Johnson Building on West King Street has glazed ...

A. spinosus grows naturally in Greece, and the Ancient Greeks used its deeply fretted and spiky leaves as motifs moulded into Corinthian columns. The Romans took the idea of acanthus as ...

A stylised version of the shape of the acanthus leaves was frequently carved into the top of Roman and Greek columns. There are two main kinds grown in gardens: acanthus spinosus, which has spiny ...