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Chamaeleo calyptratus Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ReptiliaOrder: SquamataFamily: ChamaeleonidaeGenus: ChamaeleoSpecies: Chamaeleo calyptratus Common Names by Region The species name calyptratus comes from the Greek for “covered” or “veiled,” a reference to the tall helmet, or casque, that crowns the head.
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Pelargonium × hortorum Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: GeranialesFamily: GeraniaceaeGenus: PelargoniumSpecies: Pelargonium × hortorumBinomial Name: Pelargonium × hortorum L.H. Bailey, 1916Hybrid parentage: chiefly Pelargonium zonale × Pelargonium inquinans Common Names by Region Zonal Geranium (English, general)Garden Geranium / Bedding
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Polygonia interrogationis Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: LepidopteraFamily: NymphalidaeSubfamily: NymphalinaeGenus: PolygoniaSpecies: Polygonia interrogationisBinomial Name: Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius, 1798) Common Names by Region Question Mark (English, general)Violet-tip (English, older regional name — for the violet wing edging)Anglewing (English, group name shared
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Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’ Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: LamialesFamily: LamiaceaeSubfamily: NepetoideaeGenus: SalviaSpecies: Salvia guaraniticaBinomial Name: Salvia guaranitica A.St.-Hil. ex Benth., 1833Cultivar: ‘Black and Blue’ Common Names by Region Anise Sage / Anise-scented Sage (English, general)Blue Anise Sage
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Bubo bubo Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Bubo bubo is one of the largest and most powerfully built owls on earth — a barrel-chested nocturnal predator with a broad head, prominent ear tufts, and a forward stare
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Pulmonaria rubra Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Pulmonaria rubra is a low-growing, clump-forming herbaceous perennial that earns its place in the garden primarily through timing — it is among the earliest plants to flower in the temperate
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Heteroconger hassi Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Heteroconger hassi is a slender, elongated marine eel that spends virtually its entire adult life with the rear two-thirds of its body anchored vertically in a sandy seafloor burrow, the
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Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Megaskepasma erythrochlamys is a large, bold tropical shrub that announces itself from across a garden. Mature plants form dense, upright to slightly arching mounds of deep green foliage, typically 6–10
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Canis lupus Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description General Appearance Canis lupus is a large, powerfully built cursorial predator with long legs, a deep chest, and a broad, blocky head that distinguishes it immediately from domestic dogs and coyotes at
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Rudbeckia triloba Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Brown-eyed Susan is a short-lived herbaceous perennial, often behaving as a biennial, that grows in an upright, branching form from a basal rosette in its first season. In its second