Photo: Chelone obliqua 4.

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Photo: Chelone obliqua 4.

Chelone obliqua. It's snake head in German, turtlehead in English, toadhead in Finnish, and turtle head in Swedish, and this photo shows why. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-11.


Chelone obliqua L.
Engl.: balmony, red turtlehead, bitter herb, chelone, glatte, salt-rheum weed, shellflower, snake-head, turtle-bloom, turtle-head, turtlehead.
Deu.: Schlangenkopf, Miesmäulchen, Schildblume.
Suom.: konnanyrtti.
Sven.: sköldpaddsört