Chelone glabra

Thesaurus

Noun

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Chelone glabra - 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 purpleshellflower, shell-flower, snakehead, snake-head, turtleheadChelone, genus Chelone - herbaceous perennials: shellflowerbog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant - a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath