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The correction helps a lot — that soft blue body with the faint greenish cast on the flanks, the forked tail, and the single dorsal all hold up. I’m confident on blue-green chromis (Chromis viridis). Here’s the profile, built on
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Ixora chinensis Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Ixora chinensis is a compact, evergreen tropical shrub forming dense, rounded, multi-stemmed clumps. Left unpruned it builds a tight, twiggy framework — well suited to hedging and container culture. Leaves
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Cynomys ludovicianus Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataSubphylum: VertebrataClass: MammaliaOrder: RodentiaSuborder: SciuromorphaFamily: SciuridaeSubfamily: XerinaeTribe: MarmotiniGenus: CynomysSpecies: Cynomys ludovicianus Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Separating from relatives Known Range Habitat & Social Structure Habitat Towns and coteries The burrow (foreground
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Lythrum salicaria Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: RosidsOrder: MyrtalesFamily: LythraceaeGenus: LythrumSpecies: Lythrum salicaria Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat (Framed for identification and management — this is a
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Papilio troilus Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: InsectaOrder: LepidopteraSuperfamily: PapilionoideaFamily: PapilionidaeSubfamily: PapilioninaeGenus: PapilioSpecies: Papilio troilus Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Flight Season Look-alikes Known Range Habitat & Host Plants Habitat Larval Host Plants Adult Nectar Life Cycle
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Verbascum blattaria Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: LamialesFamily: ScrophulariaceaeGenus: VerbascumSpecies: Verbascum blattaria Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat Light Soil Water Typical Habitat (when naturalized) Propagation /
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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