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Skeleton Flower

Name

Skeleton Flower

Latin

Dipsacus

Secret Meaning

Let Old Bones Lie

(non-traditional)

Alternative Names:

Facts & Folkore:

This plant grows on moist, wooded mountainsides in colder regions of Japan, China and the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, and is instantly recognizable by its large, umbrella-like leaves.

Its white petals turn spookily translucent with rain. When dry, they revert to bone white!

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