Chelone obliqua

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.

Chelone.

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Photo: Chelone obliqua 5.

Photo: Chelone obliqua 5. Flowers, very snake/turtle/toad -like. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-09-20.

Photo: Chelone obliqua 3.

Photo: Chelone obliqua 3. Flowers and leaf. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2004-09-11.

Photo: Chelone obliqua 4.

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.

Photo: Chelone obliqua 2.

Photo: Chelone obliqua 2. Flowering top. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2003-09-20.

Photo: Chelone obliqua 1.

Photo: Chelone obliqua 1. Flowers. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Planted. 2002-08-14.

Photo: Chelone obliqua.

Photo: Chelone obliqua. Flowering tops. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Planted. 2002-08-14.