Specularia speculum

Specularia speculum

Taxobox
name = European Venus' looking glass



image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Campanulaceae
genus = "Specularia"
species = "S. speculum"
binomial = "Specularia speculum"
binomial_authority = A.DC.

"Specularia speculum" (European Venus' looking glass, Venus’s looking-glass; syn. "Githopsis latifolia" Eastw., "Legousia speculum-veneris" (L.) Fisch. ex A.DC., "Specularia speculum-veneris" Caruel) is an ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae family.

References

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External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LESP2 USDA Plants Profile: "Specularia speculum"]


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