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February 28, 2024 at 11:51 AM. A woman has shared the amusing results of her recent flower order. Sarah Hollingsworth took to TikTok to share what she received after she ordered a bouquet of ...
Cypripedium acaule is commonly referred to in English as the pink lady's slipper or moccasin flower. The specific epithet acaule means "lacking an obvious stem", a reference to its short underground stem, for which reason the plant is also known as the stemless lady's-slipper. In Anishinaabemowin, it is known as makizinkewe.
The name Dianthus is from the Greek διόσανθος, a compound from the words Δῖος Dios ("of Zeus") and ἄνθος anthos ("flower"), and was cited by the Greek botanist Theophrastus. [3] The color pink may be named after the flower, coming from the frilled edge of the flowers: the verb "to pink" dates from the 14th century and means ...
Saxifraga oppositifolia is a low-growing, densely or loosely matted plant growing up to 5 cm (2 in) high, with somewhat woody branches of creeping or trailing habit close to the surface. The leaves are small, rounded, scale-like, opposite in four rows with ciliated margins. The flowers are solitary on short stalks, petals purple or lilac, much ...
Few gift ideas for women have stood the test of time quite like a gorgeous bouquet of flowers filled with a variety of lush, blooming florals along with sprigs of complimentary greenery. Sending ...
The flowers are violet, dark blue and occasionally white. with five petals. The fruit is a capsule10–15 mm (3 ⁄ 8 – 5 ⁄ 8 in) long, which splits into three sections at maturity to release the numerous small seeds. Its habitats include wet meadows, prairies, and fields. Symbolism. The purple violet is the provincial flower of New Brunswick.
Mauve ( / ˈmoʊv / ⓘ, mohv; [2] / ˈmɔːv / ⓘ, mawv) is a pale purple color [3] [4] named after the mallow flower (French: mauve ). The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–98 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. Another name for the color is mallow, [5] with the ...
Lythrum salicaria can grow 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall, forming clonal colonies 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) or more in width, with numerous erect stems growing from a single woody root mass. The stems are reddish-purple and square in cross-section. The leaves are lanceolate, 3–10 centimetres (1–4 in) long and 5–15 millimetres ( – in ...
Plants of the World Online and Flora of China [4] include the varieties: Rosa multiflora var. adenochaeta (Koidz.) Ohwi. Rosa multiflora var. cathayensis Rehder & E.H.Wilson. Flowers pink, to 4 cm ( 1. +. 5⁄8 in) diameter. Rosa multiflora var. multiflora. Flowers white, 1.5–2 cm ( 5⁄8 – 3⁄4 in) diameter.
Loropetalum chinense is commonly known as loropetalum, [1] Chinese fringe flower and strap flower. [2] Two forms of L. chinense exist; a white- (to pale-yellow-) flowering green-leafed variety and a pink-flowering variety with leaves varying from bronze-red when new to olive-green or burgundy when mature, depending on selection and growing ...