butterfly flower

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 451 words | Copyright

butterfly flower fringeflower, or poor-man's-orchid, any of the showy plants of the genus Schizanthus of the family Solanaceae ( nightshade family), native to Chile but grown elsewhere as garden or greenhouse annuals. The flowers resemble butterflies and are found in a variety of colors, usually mottled. Butterfly flowers are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Polemoniales, family Solanaceae.

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