"Psychotria loniceroides Psychotria loniceroides, known as the hairy psychotria, is a plant growing in forest areas of eastern Australia. The habitat is the ecotone on the edge of rainforest and eucalyptus forests. It is also found in the understorey of various types of rainforests. The natural range of distribution is from the Bega in south eastern New South Wales to Bamaga, in far north eastern Queensland. The scientific name refers to the healing qualities of some members of the ""Psychotria"" genus. ""Psyche"" meaning life. And ""loniceroides"" suggests the leaves are similar to the honey-suckle plant, ""Lonicera"". A shrub or a"
"plants, especially ""L. sempervirens"" and ""L. ciliosa"" (orange honeysuckle). Honeysuckle derives its name from the edible sweet nectar obtainable from its tubular flowers. The name ""Lonicera"" stems from Adam Lonicer, a Renaissance botanist. Some species are highly fragrant. Several are cultivated as ornamental garden plants, with numerous cultivars available. Most species of ""Lonicera"" are hardy twining climbers, with a large minority of shrubby habit; a handful of species (including ""Lonicera hildebrandiana"" from the Himalayan foothills and ""L. etrusca"" from the Mediterranean) are tender and can only be grown outside in subtropical zones. The leaves are opposite, simple oval, 1–10 cm"
"""Lonicera rupicola""<br> ""Lonicera ruprechtiana"" (Manchurian honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera saccata""<br> ""Lonicera schneideriana""<br> ""Lonicera semenovii""<br> ""Lonicera sempervirens"" (trumpet honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera serreana""<br> ""Lonicera setifera""<br> ""Lonicera similis""<br> ""Lonicera spinosa""<br> ""Lonicera splendida"" (evergreen honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera standishii"" (Standish's honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera stephanocarpa""<br> ""Lonicera subaequalis""<br> ""Lonicera subhispida""<br> ""Lonicera sublabiata""<br> ""Lonicera subspicata"" (southern honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera szechuanica""<br> ""Lonicera taipeiensis""<br> ""Lonicera tangutica""<br> ""Lonicera tatarica"" (Tatarian honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera tatarinowii""<br> ""Lonicera tomentella""<br> ""Lonicera tragophylla""<br> ""Lonicera tricalysioides""<br> ""Lonicera trichogyne""<br> ""Lonicera trichosantha""<br> ""Lonicera trichosepala""<br> ""Lonicera tubuliflora""<br> ""Lonicera utahensis"" (Utah honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera villosa"" (mountain fly honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera virgultorum""<br> ""Lonicera webbiana""<br> ""Lonicera xylosteum"" (fly woodbine)<br> ""Lonicera yunnanensis"" Honeysuckle Honeysuckles (""Lonicera"", ; syn. ""Caprifolium"" Mill.) are arching shrubs or"
"Lumnitzera Lumnitzera is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. An English common name is black mangrove. (However, ""black mangrove may also refer to the unrelated genus ""Avicennia"".) ""Lumnitzera"", named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806), occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific (including Fiji and Tonga), and northern Australia. The genus has two species of similar vegetative appearance but with differing flower colour. ""Lumnitzera littorea"" has red flowers whereas ""Lumnitzera racemosa"" has white flowers. Both species have flat and spoon-shaped (spathulate) leaves with emarginate tips. ""L. racemosa"" dominates in the western part of"
"Scorzonera libanotica Scorzonera libanotica, also known as the Lebanese salsify and Lebanese viper's grass () is a perennial member of the genus ""Scorzonera"" in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). ""Scorzonera libanotica"" grows to a height of and is covered with fluffy detersile coating. Its erect flower stems are leafy and branched in the upper part into 3-5 floral heads measuring . The flower heads are supported by a scaly receptacles atop long pedicels. It has glabrous cylindrical involucral bracts that are truncated at the base and slightly constricted at the top. The yellow flowers turn purple-red at the base and are"
"crassifolia""<br> ""Lonicera cyanocarpa""<br> ""Lonicera dasystyla"" (Tonkinese honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera dioica"" - (limber honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera elisae""<br> ""Lonicera etrusca"" (Etruscan honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera fargesii""<br> ""Lonicera ferdinandii""<br> ""Lonicera ferruginea""<br> ""Lonicera flava"" (yellow honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera fragilis""<br> ""Lonicera fragrantissima"" (winter honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera fulvotomentosa""<br> ""Lonicera glutinosa""<br> ""Lonicera graebneri""<br> ""Lonicera gynochlamydea""<br> ""Lonicera × heckrottii"" (Golden flame honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera hellenica"" (Greek honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera hemsleyana""<br> ""Lonicera heterophylla""<br> ""Lonicera hildebrandiana"" (giant Burmese honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera hirsuta"" (hairy honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera hispida""<br> ""Lonicera hispidula"" (pink honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera humilis""<br> ""Lonicera hypoglauca""<br> ""Lonicera hypoleuca""<br> ""Lonicera implexa""<br> ""Lonicera inconspicua""<br> ""Lonicera inodora""<br> ""Lonicera interrupta"" (Chaparral honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera involucrata"" (bearberry honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera japonica"" (Japanese honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera jilongensis""<br> ""Lonicera kansuensis""<br> ""Lonicera"
"and leaves are edible. Scorzonera libanotica Scorzonera libanotica, also known as the Lebanese salsify and Lebanese viper's grass () is a perennial member of the genus ""Scorzonera"" in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). ""Scorzonera libanotica"" grows to a height of and is covered with fluffy detersile coating. Its erect flower stems are leafy and branched in the upper part into 3-5 floral heads measuring . The flower heads are supported by a scaly receptacles atop long pedicels. It has glabrous cylindrical involucral bracts that are truncated at the base and slightly constricted at the top. The yellow flowers turn purple-red at"
"Lindera Lindera is a genus of about 80-100 species of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae, mostly native to eastern Asia but with three species in eastern North America. The species are shrubs and small trees; common names include spicewood, spicebush, and Benjamin bush. The Latin name ""Lindera"" commemorates the Swedish botanist Johan Linder (1676-1724). ""Lindera"" are evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs. The leaves are alternate, entire or three-lobed, and strongly spicy-aromatic. ""Lindera"" are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The inflorescences are composed of 3 to 15 small flowers existing as pseudo-umbels. They are sessile"
"Gardenia Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis after Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791), a Scottish-born American naturalist. They are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to tall. The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three or four, long and broad, dark green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are solitary or in small clusters, white, or pale yellow, with a tubular-based corolla with 5-12 lobes (petals) from diameter."
"in the spring and summer. ""Chirita sinensis"" (""Primulina dryas"") and ""Chirita lavandulacea"" (lavender chirita), now known as ""Microchirita lavandulacea"" have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017). Chirita Chirita is an Old World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae, native to Indo-Malaysia, S. E. Asia, and southern China. In 2011, the species in the genus were reassigned to several genera, with the type species (""C. urticifolia"") assigned to the genus ""Henckelia"" (as ""H. urticifolia"" (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don.) A. Dietr.), so that ""Chirita"" became a synonym, no longer recognized. About (80-)150 species were recognized, about"
"Lavatera phoenicea Lavatera phoenicea (syn. ""Althaea phoenicea"" Kuntze, ""Lavatera coccinea"" Dietr. ex DC and ""Navaea phoenicea"" Webb.) is a large shrub belonging to the family Malvaceae and tribe Malveae, endemic to the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Webb and Berthelot included this plant in the separate, monotypic genus ""Navaea"", named for Alonso de Nava y Grimón, (1757-1832), founder of the botanical garden in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Jardín de Aclimatación de la Orotava). The reason for including this species in a separate genus was the presence of nectaries in the base of each petal, which is unique"
"five subfamilies: Lythraceae Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants, including 32 genera with about 620 species of herbs, shrubs and trees. The larger genera include ""Cuphea"" (275 spp.), ""Lagerstroemia"" (56), ""Nesaea"" (50), ""Rotala"" (45), and ""Lythrum"" (35). It also includes the pomegranate (""Punica granatum"", formerly in Punicaceae) and the water caltrop (""Trapa natans"", formerly in Trapaceae). Lythraceae has a worldwide distribution, with most species in the tropics, but ranging into temperate climate regions as well. The family is named after the type genus, ""Lythrum"", the loosestrifes (e.g. ""Lythrum salicaria"" purple loosestrife) and also includes henna (""Lawsonia inermis""). It now"
"in June and July. Other species formerly included in ""Diervilla"" are now treated in the genus ""Weigela"". The bush honeysuckles are commonly confused with the common wild honeysuckle (""Lonicera tatarica""), or the Japanese honeysuckle (""Lonicera japonica""), both members of the closely related genus ""Lonicera"". The British ""Diervilla"" national collection is held at Sheffield Botanical Gardens; along with the national collection of the closely related genus ""Weigela"". ""Diervilla"" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including common emerald and The Engrailed. Diervilla Bush honeysuckle (""Diervilla"") is genus of three species of deciduous shrubs in the"
"Scorzonera Scorzonera is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. They are distributed in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Its center of diversity is in the Mediterranean. Well-known species include the edible black salsify (""Scorzonera hispanica""). ""Scorzonera tau-saghyz"" is a source of natural rubber. ""Scorzonera"" is recorded as a food plant for the larva of the Nutmeg, a species of moth. The genus contains the following species. One possible origin of the genus name is the French ""scorzonère"" (""viper’s grass""). Some ""Scorzonera"" species contain lactones, including the sesquiterpene lactones known as guaianolides. Flavonoids found in"
"Conrad Gessner. Gesneria Gesneria is a genus of approximately 50 species in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. Except for two or three odd South American species, all are native to islands of the Caribbean. The genus is classified in the tribe Gesnerieae along with the genera ""Bellonia"", ""Pheidonocarpa"", and ""Rhytidophyllum"". ""Gesneria"" species are usually woody shrubs or subshrubs, and (with the closely related ""Rhytidophyllum"") are unusual in the family in having alternately (rather than decussately) arranged leaves. A complete list of the accepted species and their synonyms can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. The genus"
"Lythraceae Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants, including 32 genera with about 620 species of herbs, shrubs and trees. The larger genera include ""Cuphea"" (275 spp.), ""Lagerstroemia"" (56), ""Nesaea"" (50), ""Rotala"" (45), and ""Lythrum"" (35). It also includes the pomegranate (""Punica granatum"", formerly in Punicaceae) and the water caltrop (""Trapa natans"", formerly in Trapaceae). Lythraceae has a worldwide distribution, with most species in the tropics, but ranging into temperate climate regions as well. The family is named after the type genus, ""Lythrum"", the loosestrifes (e.g. ""Lythrum salicaria"" purple loosestrife) and also includes henna (""Lawsonia inermis""). It now includes the"
"The hermit thrush has been identified as a dispersal agent of seeds of ""L. melissifolia"". ""Lindera"" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the engrailed and the spicebush swallowtail. Lindera Lindera is a genus of about 80-100 species of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae, mostly native to eastern Asia but with three species in eastern North America. The species are shrubs and small trees; common names include spicewood, spicebush, and Benjamin bush. The Latin name ""Lindera"" commemorates the Swedish botanist Johan Linder (1676-1724). ""Lindera"" are evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs. The"
"Scorzonera hispanica Scorzonera hispanica, black salsify or Spanish salsify, also known as black oyster plant, serpent root, viper's herb, viper's grass or simply scorzonera, is a perennial member of the genus ""Scorzonera"" in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable in the same way as purple salsify (""Tragopogon porrifolius""), also in the sunflower family. The scorzonera sweet is a crystallized dessert made from scorzonera in Évora, Alentejo, Portugal. It is listed on the Ark of Taste. The black salsify plant has heads of yellow ray flowers. The thin black taproot grows up to one meter long and up"
"kawakamii""<br> ""Lonicera korolkowii"" (blueleaf honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera lanceolata""<br> ""Lonicera ligustrina""<br> ""Lonicera litangensis""<br> ""Lonicera longiflora""<br> ""Lonicera longituba""<br> ""Lonicera maackii"" (Amur honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera macrantha""<br> ""Lonicera macranthoides""<br> ""Lonicera maximowiczii""<br> ""Lonicera microphylla""<br> ""Lonicera minuta""<br> ""Lonicera minutifolia""<br> ""Lonicera modesta""<br> ""Lonicera morrowii"" (Morrow's honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera mucronata""<br> ""Lonicera myrtillus""<br> ""Lonicera nervosa""<br> ""Lonicera nigra"" (black-berried honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera nitida"" (boxleaf honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera nubium""<br> ""Lonicera nummulariifolia""<br> ""Lonicera oblata""<br> ""Lonicera oblongifolia"" (swamp fly honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera oiwakensis""<br> ""Lonicera oreodoxa""<br> ""Lonicera orientalis""<br> ""Lonicera pampaninii""<br> ""Lonicera paradoxa""<br> ""Lonicera periclymenum"" (honeysuckle, woodbine)<br> ""Lonicera pileata"" (privet honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera pilosa"" (Mexican honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera praeflorens""<br> ""Lonicera prostrata""<br> ""Lonicera pyrenaica""<br> ""Lonicera quinquelocularis""<br> ""Lonicera reticulata"" (grape honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera retusa""<br> ""Lonicera rhytidophylla""<br>"
"become naturalised in many temperate areas away from their native habitat. Lunaria Lunaria (common name honesty) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to central and southern Europe. It includes 4 species, the annual or biennial ""L. annua"" (syn. ""L. biennis""), ""Lunaria elongata"", the perennial ""L. rediviva"" and the rare Balkan species ""Lunaria telekiana"" The Latin name ""Lunaria"" means ""moon-like"" and refers to the decorative seedpods. They have hairy toothed leaves and terminal racemes of white or violet flowers in Spring and Summer, followed by prominent, translucent, disc-shaped seedpods, which are frequently seen in flower arrangements."
"attracted to honeysuckles, and they visit the flowers at night to feed on its nectar. Some 180 species of ""Lonicera"" are documented: ""Lonicera acuminata""<br> ""Lonicera albiflora"" (white honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera alpigena"" (alpine honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera altmannii""<br> ""Lonicera angustifolia""<br> ""Lonicera anisocalyx""<br> ""Lonicera arborea""<br> ""Lonicera arizonica"" (Arizona honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera biflora""<br> ""Lonicera bournei""<br> ""Lonicera brevisepala""<br> ""Lonicera buchananii""<br> ""Lonicera buddleioides""<br> ""Lonicera caerulea"" (blue-berried honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera calcarata""<br> ""Lonicera calvescens""<br> ""Lonicera canadensis"" (American fly honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera caprifolium"" (goat-leaf honeysuckle, perfoliate honeysuckle. Type species)<br> ""Lonicera carnosifolis""<br> ""Lonicera cerviculata""<br> ""Lonicera chrysantha"" (Chrysantha honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera ciliosa"" (orange honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera ciliosissima""<br> ""Lonicera cinerea""<br> ""Lonicera codonantha""<br> ""Lonicera confusa""<br> ""Lonicera conjugialis"" (purpleflower honeysuckle)<br> ""Lonicera"
"Festuca Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family, Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. The genus is closely related to ryegrass (""Lolium""), and recent evidence from phylogenetic studies using DNA sequencing of plant mitochondrial DNA shows that the genus lacks monophyly. As a result, plant taxonomists have moved several species, including the forage grasses tall fescue and meadow fescue, from the genus ""Festuca"" into the genus ""Lolium"", or alternatively into the segregate genus ""Schedonorus""."
"Warszewiczia Warszewiczia (or ""Warscewiczia"") is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. They are primarily tropical Central and South American trees and shrubs. Perhaps the most famous member of the genus is ""W. coccinea"" (Chaconia), which is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago. The inflorescences show leaf-shaped, bright-colored calycophylls, expanded foliaceous structures made from floral petaloids with enlarged showy calyx-lobes. Their main task is to attract pollinators. This genus was named after Józef Warszewicz, a 19th-century Polish orchid collector and inspector of the botanic gardens in Kraków, Poland. Warszawa is also the polish name for Warsaw -"
"smaller number of slightly larger flowers per stem. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. (confirmed 2017). Chionodoxa luciliae Chionodoxa luciliae (syn. ""C. gigantea""), the Bossier's glory-of-the-snow or Lucile's glory-of-the-snow, is a bulbous perennial from west Turkey flowering in early spring. After flowering, it goes into dormancy until the next spring. The Latin name is in honour of Lucile, the wife of the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier. Like all members of the genus ""Chionodoxa"", the bases of the stamens are flattened and closely clustered in the middle of the flower. In the related genus"
"Chionodoxa luciliae Chionodoxa luciliae (syn. ""C. gigantea""), the Bossier's glory-of-the-snow or Lucile's glory-of-the-snow, is a bulbous perennial from west Turkey flowering in early spring. After flowering, it goes into dormancy until the next spring. The Latin name is in honour of Lucile, the wife of the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier. Like all members of the genus ""Chionodoxa"", the bases of the stamens are flattened and closely clustered in the middle of the flower. In the related genus ""Scilla"", the stamens are not flattened or clustered together. The differences are not considered by some botanists as sufficient to create a"
"Veronica (plant) Veronica is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae, with about 500 species; it was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae. Common names include speedwell, bird's eye, and gypsyweed. Taxonomy for this genus is currently being reanalysed, with the genus ""Hebe"" and the related Australasian genera ""Derwentia"", ""Detzneria"", ""Chionohebe"", ""Heliohebe"", ""Leonohebe"" and ""Parahebe"" now included by many botanists. Monophyly of the genus is supported by nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and cpDNA. The taxa of the genus are herbaceous annuals or perennials, and also subshrubs, shrubs or small trees if ""Hebe"" is included. Most of"
"Dichrostachys cinerea Dichrostachys cinerea, known as sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus ""Dichrostachys"" in the Fabaceae family. Other common names include acacia Saint Domingue (French), el marabú (Cuba), "" Mpangara"" (Shona), Kalahari-Weihnachtsbaum (German of former South West Africa), kéké or mimosa clochette (Réunion). The generic name ""Dichrostachys"" means 'two-colored spike', referring to its two-colored inflorescence, from the Ancient Greek ""δί-"" (""di-"", 'twice'), ""χροός"" (""khroos"", 'color'), and ""στάχυς"" (""stakhus"", 'ear of grain'). The specific name ""cinerea"" refers to the greyish hairs of the typical subspecies, from the Latin ""cinereus"""
"Gesneria Gesneria is a genus of approximately 50 species in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. Except for two or three odd South American species, all are native to islands of the Caribbean. The genus is classified in the tribe Gesnerieae along with the genera ""Bellonia"", ""Pheidonocarpa"", and ""Rhytidophyllum"". ""Gesneria"" species are usually woody shrubs or subshrubs, and (with the closely related ""Rhytidophyllum"") are unusual in the family in having alternately (rather than decussately) arranged leaves. A complete list of the accepted species and their synonyms can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. The genus name honors"
"Lebronnecia Lebronnecia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. The sole species is Lebronnecia kokioides, a very rare flowering shrub. Only a few hundred specimens are known to exist. The plant was first described in 1966, after a single tree with a few seedlings was discovered on Tahuata, an island in the Marquesas group of French Polynesia that had been severely deforested by livestock: cattle, goats, horses, and pigs. Further specimens were later found on the nearby island of Mohotani, uninhabited by humans, but similarly deforested by sheep, who seem to avoid eating the plant. It"
"Cynara Cynara is a genus of thistle-like perennial plants in the sunflower family. They are native to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, northwestern Africa, and the Canary Islands. The genus name comes from the Greek ""kynara"", which means ""artichoke"". Among the better known species in this genus include: ""Cynara"" species are used as food plants by the larvae of many lepidopterans, such as the artichoke plume moth (""Platyptilia carduidactyla""), a pest of artichoke crops. ""C. cardunculus ""is being developed as a new bioenergy crop in the Mediterranean because of its high biomass and seed oil yields even under harsh"
"these were formerly classified here. Several other families of the more broadly treated Caprifoliaceae ""s.l."" are separated by some but not all authors; these are treated as subfamilies in the listing of selected genera below, along with estimated numbers of species. Diervilloideae Caprifolioideae ""s.s."" Linnaeoideae Morinoideae Dipsacoideae Valerianoideae The plants belonging to this family are mainly hardy shrubs or vines of ornamental value, many of which are popular garden shrubs, notably species belonging to the genera ""Abelia"", ""Lonicera"", and ""Weigela"". A few, however, have become invasive weeds outside their native ranges (such as ""Lonicera japonica""). Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle"
"Ficaria verna Ficaria verna, (formerly Ranunculus ficaria L.) commonly known as lesser celandine or pilewort, is a low-growing, hairless perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae native to Europe and west Asia. It has fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves and distinctive flowers with bright yellow, glossy petals. It is now introduced in North America, where it is known by the common name fig buttercup and considered an invasive species. The plant is poisonous if ingested raw and potentially fatal to grazing animals and livestock such as horses, cattle, and sheep. For these reasons, several US states have banned the"
"Lychnis Lychnis is a genus of 15-25 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa. The genus is closely related to (and sometimes included in) ""Silene"", differing in the flowers having five styles (three in ""Silene""), the seed capsule having five teeth (six in ""Silene""), and in the sticky stems of ""Lychnis"". Common names include campion (shared with ""Silene"") and catchfly, the latter name based on the sticky stems. The lychnis is also the common name of ""Hadena bicruris"", a species of noctuid moth. The larva of this moth feeds on ""Lychnis"" species,"