Oreomecon rubroaurantiaca

Oreomecon rubroaurantiaca is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to Northeast Asia.

Hemerocallis minor

Hemerocallis minor, also known as dwarf daylily, grassleaf lily and small daylily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia, China and Korea. The plant grows up through 0.5 m high. Its wide yellow flowers are scentless. It is a hermaphroditic species, pollinated by insects such as honey bees. In China, the flowers are eaten as a traditional food. Despite their common name, daylilies are not true lilies (plants from the genus Lilium, family Liliaceae). Although the flowers of Hemerocallis and Lilium species have a similar shape, their growth habits, stems and leaf shapes are distinctive. Before 2009, the scientific classification of daylilies put them into the family Liliaceae. In 2009 daylilies were removed from the family Liliaceae and assigned to the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae. Xanthorrhoeaceae was renamed in 2017 to Asphodelaceae.

Scabiosa comosa

Scabiosa comosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia, northern China and Korea. It is found in colors ranging from pale blue to light purple. The common name comes the Latin word scabiosus meaning “mangy, rough or itchy” which refers to the herb’s traditional usage as a folk medicine to treat scabies, an illness that causes a severe itching sensation. Another common name for members of this genus is pincushion flowers. It is the national flower of Mongolia.

Lilium pumilum

Lilium pumilum, commonly known as Coral lily or Low lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia, northern China and Korea. It bears from one to twenty reflexed and nodding flowers, usually red in colour. The flowers are scented. Named pumilum for its small size, compared to other lilies. Pumilum is a Latin specific epithet meaning “dwarfish” or “like a dwarf,” commonly used in botanical naming for small or compact plants. In Taiwan, both the flower and bulbs are used as food.

Scorzonera radiata

Scorzonera radiata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, widely distributed in Northeast Asia.

Gentianopsis barbata

Gentianopsis barbata is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae, native to Himalaya, Siberia, Mongolia, China and Korea.

Geranium transbaicalicum

Geranium transbaicalicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to the Transbaikal region near Lake Baikal, where it does intergrade with Geranium pratense.

Lilium pensylvanicum

Lilium pensylvanicum, called the Siberian lily or Lilium dauricum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia, northeast China, Korea and Hokkaido. The Latin name is misleading due to an error by the botanist John Bellenden Ker. Limenitis sydyi is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the Nymphalidae family.

Linaria melampyroides

Linaria melampyroides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Linaria, native to the Transbaikal region in eastern Siberia. Linaria was traditionally placed in the family Scrophulariaceae. Phylogenetic analysis has now placed it in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae.

Potentilla tanacetifolia

Potentilla tanacetifolia, also called Tansy-leaved Cinquefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Northeast Asia.

Iris uniflora

Iris uniflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia, China and Korea.

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus arvensis, the field milk thistle, field sowthistle, perennial sow-thistle, corn sow thistle, dindle, gutweed, swine thistle, or tree sow thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Eurasia, where it is widespread across most of the continent.

Gagea pauciflora

Gagea pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia and China.

Stellera chamaejasme

Stellera is a genus of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae, with a single species Stellera chamaejasme found in mountainous regions of northern and western Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, the state of Uttar Pradesh in north India, Siberia and Mongolia.

Camaquen

Small anthropomorphic (male and female) and zoomorphic figurines were produced in Incan times for ritual offerings. They were offered to huacas (sacred places). The Quechua people traditionally believed every object has a physical presence and two camaquen (spirits), one to create it and another to animate it. They would invoke its spirits for the object to function.

Lilium pumilum

Lilium pumilum, also known as Coral lily, Low lily or Lipstick lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to grassy mountainous areas of Northeast Asia.

Polygonatum odoratum

Polygonatum odoratum, the angular Solomon’s seal or scented Solomon’s seal, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Nepal, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan.

Solanum kitagawae

Solanum kitagawae, also known as Solanum depilatum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Northeast Asia.

Bauta

Bauta is famous through the Carnival of Venice as it is the main type of mask worn during the Carnival. Bauta was used also on many other occasions as a device for hiding the wearer’s identity and social status. It would permit the wearer to act more freely in cases where he or she wanted to interact with other members of the society outside the bounds of identity and everyday convention. It was thus useful for a variety of purposes, some of them illicit or criminal, others just personal, such as romantic encounters. The Bauta’s most distinctive feature is its prominent, beak-like chin, which juts out sharply from the face. This design allowed the wearer to speak, eat, and drink without the need to remove the mask, making it a practical choice for extended gatherings and social events. The mask was often paired with a black cloak, called a tabarro, and a tricorn hat, which further obscured the wearer’s identity and added to the sense of mystery and anonymity.

Vicia unijuga

Vicia unijuga, commonly called two-leaf vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan, where it is widespread.

Lactuca sibirica

Lactuca sibirica, the Siberian lettuce, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Siberia, Mongolia, northern China, Korea and Japan.

Papilio machaon

Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail. It is the type species of the genus Papilio. This widespread species is found in much of the Palearctic (it is the only swallowtail in most of Europe) and in North America.

Chelidonium majus

Chelidonium majus subsp. grandiflorum, the greater celandine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to Siberia, China and Korea. Chelidonium majus was described by Carl Linnaeus in volume one of his Species Plantarum in 1753. The name celandine comes from Late Latin celidonia, from earlier Latin chelidonia or chelidonium, and ultimately from Ancient Greek chelidon meaning “swallow”, hence the common name swallowwort. Ancient writers said that the flower bloomed when the swallows returned and faded when they left. It is a traditional folk remedy against warts.

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Chamaenerion angustifolium, also known by the taxonomic synonyms Chamerion angustifolium and Epilobium angustifolium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

Bench

“There are stories in everything. I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands.”
— O. Henry

Vicia amoena

Vicia amoena, the lovely vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, widely distributed in Siberia, Mongolia, China and Korea.