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Paeonia parnassica, the Greek peony, is a flowering plant in the Paeoniaceae family. It is native to the mountains of south-central Greece. The flowers are produced in late spring with a deep maroon red colouring on 65 cm stems. The blooms are large, up to 12 cm in diameter and bear a boss of rich orange stamens.
Dianthus (/ d aɪ ˈ æ n θ ə s / dy-AN-thəs) [1] is a genus of about 340 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species in north Africa and in southern Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America.
Heights of these plants may range anywhere from 8 inches (20 cm) to 15 inches (38 cm). Orange or yellow flowers are often characteristics of Adonis cyllenea. Flower color is variable within the species and changes with drying, and diagnostic features of the fruit are reliable only when achenes are fully mature. [2]
Galanthus nivalis: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885. Galanthus (from Ancient Greek γάλα, (gála, "milk") + ἄνθος (ánthos, "flower")), or snowdrop, is a small genus of approximately 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae.
Peter Binoit, Stilleben, frukt – Still life with carnations, 1618. Carnations were mentioned in Greek literature 2,000 years ago. The term dianthus was coined by Greek botanist Theophrastus, and is derived from the Ancient Greek words for divine ("dios") and flower ("anthos"). [6]
The name comes from the Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς "mouse's ear", which the foliage is thought to resemble. [4] In the Northern Hemisphere, they are colloquially known as forget-me-nots or scorpion grasses. [5] Myosotis alpestris is the official flower of Alaska [6] and Dalsland, Sweden.