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Common names include jockey's cap lily, [3] Mexican shellflower, [4] peacock flower, [4] tiger iris, [5] and tiger flower. [4] This summer-flowering bulbous herbaceous perennial is widespread across much of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. It is naturalized in Ecuador and Peru. [4] [6] The leaves are narrow and lance-shaped.
Year of the Dog is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike White (in his directorial debut), and starring Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Regina King, Thomas McCarthy, Josh Pais, John C. Reilly and Peter Sarsgaard.
Language of flowers – cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers; Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas
Mexican marigold also known as cempasúchil, or Aztec marigold is a native flower to México and was first used by the Aztecs and is used in the Mexican holiday "Día de muertos" or Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead originated from Aztec mythology to honor the Aztec goddess of death Mictēcacihuātl. Tagetes erecta
The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. The flower of the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is the national flower of Italy. [50] The strawberry tree is also the national tree of Italy because of its green leaves, its white flowers and its red berries, colors that recall the Italian flag. [51]
(state flower) Cornus florida: 1941 [46] Carolina lily (state wildflower) Lilium michauxii: 2003 [47] [48] North Dakota: Wild prairie rose: Rosa blanda or arkansana: 1907 [49] Northern Mariana Islands: Flores mayo: Plumeria: 1979 [4] Ohio: Scarlet carnation (state flower) Dianthus caryophyllus: 1953 [50] Large white trillium (state wild flower ...
It is evergreen but will lose leaves if it suffers frost damage [4] The white, funnel-shaped flowers are 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) across [3] and are present on the tree throughout the year. [5] The drupes [ 6 ] are yellow-green, olive -like, and 1.2–2.4 cm (0.47–0.94 in) in length.
The genus name Eryngium was established by Linnaeus in 1753 where he mentioned eight species, including two from America (E. aquaticum, E. foetidum).Linnaeus, in Genera Plantarum (1754), cited his source of the name Eryngium as being from Joseph Tournefort’s Institutiones rei herbariae (1700).