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Dactylorhiza viridis, the frog orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has also been treated as the only species Coeloglossum viride of the monotypic genus Coeloglossum .
The mountain frog (Philoria kundagungan), or red and yellow mountain frog, is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae. [1] The scientific name comes from the Gubbi Gubbi language of southern Queensland , ‘kunda’ meaning mountain and ‘gungan’ meaning frog.
Hylotelephium telephium (synonym Sedum telephium), known as orpine, livelong, frog's-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsummer-men, Orphan John, witch's moneybags, and garden stonecrop [1] is a succulent perennial plant of the family Crassulaceae native to Eurasia. The flowers are held in dense heads and can be reddish ...
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. is a species of the genus Hydrocharis known by the common name European frog-bit. It is a free-floating flowering plant that bears small white flowers. "Morsus-ranae" means "frog bite" in Latin, and it is part of this species' scientific name because frogs might seen as biting on the leaves. [ 1 ]
Butterfly Symbolism. The butterfly isn't just an elegant emblem in Ree's world. In Greek mythology, psyche (which means "soul" or "butterfly") is often depicted with butterfly wings.
The term can refer to the whole plant, even when not in bloom, and not just the flower. [1] "Wildflower" is an imprecise term. More exact terms include: native species naturally occurring in the area (see flora) exotic or introduced species not native to the area, including invasive species that out-compete other plants, whether native or not
The frog has been found to defecate viable seeds and likely helps in the spread of the plants it consumes. [ 3 ] The plants Erythroxylum ovalifolium and Maytenus obtusifolia both contain toxic alkaloids and terpenes , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and Xenohyla truncata has been found to excrete from its skin the chemical compound N-phenyl-acetamide , which is ...
Agalychnis callidryas, commonly known as the red-eyed tree frog or red-eyed leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is one of the most recognizable frogs. It is native to forests from Central America to north-western South America.