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Venus's looking-glass
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Venus's looking-glass

Triodanis biflora

Triodanis biflora (syn. Specularia biflora) is a species of flowering plant native to the Americas and known commonly as small Venus' looking-glass. The flower is solitary and has a bell-shaped blue or purple corolla. Its leaf arrangement is alternate and its leaf type is simple. Its leaves are thin, serrate and sessile.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 79440.