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Chrysalis of a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) from a private collection.

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Chrysalis of a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) from a private collection.

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Peach-leaf bellflower (Campanula persicifolia alba) in Crosslake, Minnesota.

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Two Calabash nutmeg flowers (Monodora myristica) in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Surprise lilies, also known as naked ladies because of their long bare stem.

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A rocky shoals spider lily (Hymenocallis coronaria) in Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC.

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A close up of a shell leaf penstemon (Penstemon grandiflorus) with a black background.

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A pod of milkweed broken open to show the seeds in a woman’s hand.

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Caterpillars of the atala butterfly or coontie hairstreak (Eumaeus atala) at the McGuire Center of the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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A Schaus’ Swallowtail (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus) drinks nectar from a pentas plant (Pentas lanceolata) at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.

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Milkweed in a pasture at a farm near Bennet, Nebraska.

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Milkweed in a pasture at a farm near Bennet, Nebraska.

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Golden chalice vine or ‘cup of gold’ flower (Solandra maxima) at the Taronga Zoo.

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Penta flowers (Pentas lanceolata) at Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Key Largo, Florida.

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A tree cactus (Pilosocereus bahamensis), an imperiled species found only in Key Largo.

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A tree cactus (Pilosocereus bahamensis), an imperiled species found only in Key Largo.

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A tree cactus (Pilosocereus bahamensis), an imperiled species found only in Key Largo.

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A semaphore cactus, Opuntia leucotricha, a federally-endangered plant species.

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A semaphore cactus, Opuntia leucotricha, a federally-endangered plant species.

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A semaphore cactus, Opuntia leucotricha, a federally-endangered plant species.

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A troop of mushrooms nestles on a farm near Walton, NE

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An example of an epiphyte plant at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park.

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Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana) a federally threatened plant species, at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, DC. On the flowers is a ladybug or ladybird beetle (Coccinellidae).

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Pu`uka`a (Cyperus trachysanthos), a federally endangered plant species from Hawaii, at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, DC.

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