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Tricyrtis is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the lily family, with approximately 20 known species.The species are commonly known in English as toad lilies. The genus has a native range from the Himalayas to eastern Asia, including China, [3] Japan, [4] Philippines and Taiwan, [5] and a few species are cultivated for their ornamental qualities in other parts of the world.
Forewings golden-brown, sprinkled with dark fuscous; a slender white median streak from base to near middle; a triangular white dorsal spot at 1/3 reaching basal streak; an angulated sometimes interrupted median fascia, three ill-defined posterior costal and two dorsal spots white, anteriorly dark margined; an elongate blackish apical dot.
The western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm (2.2 and 5.1 in) long, native to western North America. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A. boreas is frequently encountered during the wet season on roads, or near water at other times.
The western toad or boreal toad (Bufo boreas) is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm (2.2 and 5.1 in) long, of western North America. It has a white or cream dorsal stripe, and is dusky gray or greenish dorsally with skin glands concentrated within the dark blotches.
Trillium sessile is a perennial, clump-forming herbaceous plant with a thick underground rhizome.Like all trilliums, it has a whorl of three bracts (leaves) and a single trimerous flower with 3 sepals, 3 petals, two whorls of 3 stamens each, and 3 carpels (fused into a single ovary with 3 stigmas). [8]
Tricyrtis formosana, the toad lily, [3] is an East Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family. [4] [2] It is native to Taiwan and to Nansei-shoto (also known as the Ryukyu Islands, part of Japan). The Latin specific epithet formosana refers to the former name of Taiwan, Formosa. [5]
The 'toad' in toadflax may relate to the plants having historically been used to treat bubonic plague, a false link having been drawn between the words 'bubo' and 'Bufo'. The scientific name Linaria means "resembling linum " ( flax ), which the foliage of some species superficially resembles.
It is commonly known as the common spadefoot, garlic toad, the common spadefoot toad and the European common spadefoot. The common spadefoot grows to a length of approximately 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) for males and 8 centimetres (3.1 in) for females.