Shellflower
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
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cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- shell gingershell-flowershellflowersnakeheadturtlehead
- alternatephrasing
- Shell-Flower
- plural
- Shellflowers
- possessive
- Shellflower's
- pluralpossessive
- Shellflowers'