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Schizanthus / ˌ s k ɪ ˈ z æ n θ ə s /, [1] also called butterfly flower, fringeflower, poor-man's-orchid, is a genus of plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. They are annual or biennial herbaceous plants , with attractive flowers and they belong to the subfamily Schizanthoideae of the Solanaceae.
The flowers are produced on a 10-to-80-centimeter-long (5–30 in) inflorescence; they are pink or white, 2 to 3 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) in diameter, with four petals 10 to 15 mm (3 ⁄ 8 – 5 ⁄ 8 in) long and long hairlike stamens, and are produced from the beginning of spring until the first frost.
Wing scales. Male and female. Upperside. Ground-colour reddish-ochreous, basal areas olivescent-ochreous-brown; cilia black, alternated with white, Forewing with an outwardly-oblique black irregular-shaped broken band crossing from middle of the cell to the disc above the submedian vein; the apical area from end of cell and the exterior border also black; before the apex is a short white ...
Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis.It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
Ipheion uniflorum is a species of flowering plant, related to the onions, placed in the allium subfamily (Allioideae) of the Amaryllidaceae. [1] It is known by the common name springstar, [2] or spring starflower. Along with all the species of the genus Ipheion, some sources place it in the genus Tristagma, [3] but research published in 2010 ...
Gentiana verna, the spring gentian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae, and one of its smallest members, normally only growing to a height of a few centimetres. The short stem supports up to three opposing pairs of elliptical or lanceolate leaves. The conspicuous vivid blue (sometimes purplish-red or rarely white) [1 ...
A. celtis visits flowers in an unusual way. On the rare occasion that the butterfly visits flowers for feeding, it does not allow its feet or its antennae to touch the flower. Only the proboscis is used to touch parts of the flower, which suggests that the butterfly would be an ineffective pollinator. This is considered to be "cheater" behavior.