Know Your Plants – Plants Named After Animals: Rabbit to Turtle

This week’s post is plants in our database named after animals: Rabbit to Turtle.  Those that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) after the species name.  Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Daudie Colson, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Betty Jones, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Randy Richardson, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

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