Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy, adopted amaryllis for this flower family in the late 1700s. The name amaryllis ...

Between 1924 and 2023, there was only one obvious botanical baby name that stood out in the SSA’s list of the most popular baby names over the past 100 years. That name was Olivia, which translates to ...

The second part of the proper name, millefolium, refers to the finely divided leaves that appear to have thousands of individual segments. The yarrow flower shares twin meanings of healing and love.

The Agapathus africanus, commonly called Lily of the Nile, is native to South Africa. The name Agapanthus is derived from the ...