Plant World | Beautiful flowers delayed by names, don't let their beauty drown in common names

Today we are still talking about flowers. The flowers that appear in the article today are still beautiful and dazzling, but their names are really not very nice... Please don't go away!

Maybe you have never met before, but you chose to pass by it because of its common name. Maybe you have a glimpse of it and are surprised why they get this common name... I hope you are the latter!

1. Flower naming rules

Speaking of flower naming rules, Sanmeier learned: Name the plant according to its appearance, color, growth habit , interested friends can go and learn more.

2. Those flowers that are dragged back by common names

1 Iron chopsticks

Perennial evergreen herb, endemic to western China, has been listed as a third-class protected species in Gansu Province, also called Black hair seven, nine hundred sticks, Jiulong Dan, Heierbo, Jianchunhua, Nine Clouds, Nine Lotus Lantern ……

2 Hemp stalk flower

Hollyhock, a famous flower in Sichuan, is the only flower named after Shu. Because of its tenacious vitality and super reproductive ability, it is distributed all over the world, so it has many aliases, but most of them are very grounded. for example Yizhanghong, Dashu Season, Rongkui ……

3 Hemerocallis

Chinese mother flowers, The most variety of flowers in the Liliaceae family, also called Golden needle, deer onion, Sichuan grass flower, Wangyu, Dan thorn ……

4 Caryophyllus

Dianthus dianthus is not perennial and is generally cultivated as a 1-2-year-old plant, also called Mangosteen, Chrysanthemum, Qumai, Mangosteen ……

5 Dendrobium

Dendrobium is elegant, exquisite and lovely, with gorgeous colors and fragrant smell. It is known as one of the "four ornamental foreign flowers", also called Immortal Grass, Soul Resurrection Grass, Purple Linging Immortal Plant, Forest Orchid, Forbidden Life ……

6 Chopped green onion

Great onion is a perennial bulbous flower of the Liliaceae family. Its shape is similar to the onion in our life, but the plant is taller, the flower bulb is bigger, and it is very beautiful. It is not a very common flower around us.

7 Sweet potato flower

Sweet potato flowers are Perennial herbal , with huge rod-shaped roots, rich and gorgeous flowers, almost any color. It has become a world-famous flower, spread all over the gardens, also called Dahlia, passionflower, Dali chrysanthemum, sweet potato chrysanthemum, peony, Tianzhu peony, red potato flower ……

8 Wine glass flower

Wine glass flower is an herb of the genus Wand of Iris family. It is very rich in color. Almost every wine glass flower will have red or brown markings in the middle. The contrast between the flower center and petals is very strong and very recognizable. Wine glass flower is also called South African wine glass flower 。

9 Niu Horse Vine

Niu Horse Vine The leaves are bright in color and evergreen all the year round, and the flowers are clustered on old stems. When they are in full bloom, the flowers alone look like small finches, and from a distance, they look like bunches of attractive grapes. Also called Evergreen Mucuna Pruriens, Spatholobus, Cotton and Flax Vine ……

10 Dog tooth flower

Dog tooth flower has dense branches and leaves, white and beautiful flowers, elegant and simple, and long flowering period. It is an important backdrop and color flower, and is suitable for flower hedges, flower diameters or large potted plants.

11 Pig tooth flower

Pig tooth flower is an herb, Its leaves, flowers and fruits all have ornamental value, rich smell, also early spring honey source plant, also called Wild boar teeth, sweet potato, taro, chestnut flower 。

12 Landmine flower

Landmine flowers are named "Landmine Flowers" because their seeds resemble landmines. They are rich in color and fragrant, also called Rouge flower, pink bean curd, night dinner flower, champion flower, clove leaf, bitter clove, wild clove 。

13 Hibiscus

Hibiscus is a typical flower that is delayed by its name. Because of the homophonic "mourning" of hibiscus, it has been decisively abandoned by many families. In fact, it is really excellent, with big flowers, colorful colors and long flowering period. It's a pity... aka Red hibiscus, Buddha mulberry, red hibiscus, mulberry hibiscus, big red flower, No.1 red 。

14 Flower of the other shore

This is also a flower with a miserable name, but it's actually really beautiful... aka Manjushahua, Dead Man's Flower, Soul-Attracting Flower, Ghost Flower, Hell Flower , names that feel very cold.

15 Aconite

Aconitum is the most widely distributed species of Aconitum in China. It has a long history of being used by Chinese working people. It is mainly of medicinal value, and its flowers are also very beautiful.

16 Aquilegia

Aquilegia The flower is petite and exquisite, bright in color, strong adaptability, with high ornamental value and medicinal value. I don't know why it is called Aquilegia, also called Cat's claw flower 。

17 Foxglove

It is named foxglove because it has hairy stems and leaves and leaves similar to rehmannia glutinosa. Foxglove plant 60-120 cm tall, terminal racemes up to 50-80 cm long , the flowers are very beautiful! AKA Digitalis, Digitalis purpurea, Liberty Bell, Fingertip Flower, German Admiralty, Heartgrass, Mountain cabbage 。

18 Garlic vine

Of garlic vine After the flowers and leaves are rubbed, they smell of garlic, hence the name "Garlic Vine". AKA Purple bell vine, Zhang's purple blade.

19 Orchid pig ear

The first time I saw the real orchid pig ear was when I was traveling on the National Day. The first thing that attracted me was the amount of flowers (really huge), and then its color, pink and tender, nice. , also known as Butterfly grass, gallbladder grass, old snake medicine, gallbladder grass 。

20 Pincushion flower

It Because the flowers are like pincushions full of needles when they bloom, hence the name " Pincushion flower ", with abundant nectar, aka Wind wheel flower, needle-wrapped flower, needle-wrapped mountain longan 。

21 Gentian

Adenophora is a perennial herb, and its roots and stems can be used as medicine. It has the effect of purging liver and gallbladder and reducing fire, also known as Gentian, gentian flower, gallbladder, gallbladder 。

22 Dragon Boat Flower

Dragon boat flowers are similar to hydrangeas, People used to call it "water hydrangea," aka Selling Zimu and Shandan 。

23 Hedyotis ox

Hedyotis chinensis is one of the commonly used medicinal materials in Chinese Uyghur medicine to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Its flowers are small and beautiful blue flowers.

24 Soap grass

Soap grass Containing Saponin , can be used for washing Utensils, perhaps this is the reason for its name, its flowers are first white and then pink, with rich fragrance and beautiful flower shape, also known as Lithophyllum 。

25 Obscenity

Obscenity It is a deciduous shrub, which is a characteristic flower and tree in the Midwest. It has a large amount of flowers and pink color, which is very beautiful! AKA Beauty wood 。

26 Dog shit flower

It is what we often call five-colored plum. It has a special smell. I don't know if it gets this name because of it. Its There are so many aliases: Ma Yingdan, Smelly Flower Berberry, Pig Shit Flower, Five Thunder Arrows, Wall-penetrating Wind ……

27 Da bowl flower

It is the flower like trumpet flowers that we often see on the roadside, also known as Yanfu seed, rabbit ear grass, Fumiao seedling, Fusilao grass, rabbit seedling, Fuqi seedling, convolvulus Etc.

28 Fire grass

It is also a kind of wild flower in the countryside. Now it is in the flowering period. When the seeds mature, there will be something like cotton. It is said that it can As fillers, life jackets, etc., so it is also called Wild cotton, big-headed Weng 。

29 Clematis chinensis

Maybe just by listening to the name, you can hardly imagine that it has the reputation of "Queen Fujimoto", which shows the beauty of its flowers! Clematis aka Iron wire peony, pannifolia, gold-wrapped silver, mountain wood tong, wei lingxian 。

30 Frangipani

Plumeria is a deciduous shrub or small tree. The petals are milky white on the outside and bright yellow on the inside. They are similar to eggs, so they are named Plumeria, but there are also varieties that grow pink flowers, also known as Burmese gardenia, egg yolk flower, Indian plant, big season flower, duck foot wood 。

The above is just a microcosm of the flowers who are delayed by their names. They can't choose their own names, but we can choose their future! Please like the beautiful flowers! Thumbs up for the kind flower lovers!