Definition
A genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, native to North America, known for their delicate blue flowers.
Etymology
Named after Charles Amson, a 19th-century botanist, using the Latinized taxonomic naming system. The genus name honors this person by adding the -ia suffix common in botanical nomenclature.
Kelly Says
Amsonia plants were named after an actual person—a practice that means thousands of plants are botanical monuments to people we've mostly forgotten, which is kind of like botanical Easter eggs!
Translations
ARالعربية
أمسونيا
am-so-ni-ya
BNবাংলা
অ্যামসোনিয়া
am-so-ni-ya
CACatalà
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
CSČeština
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
DADansk
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
DEDeutsch
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
ELΕλληνικά
αμσονία
am-so-ni-a
ESEspañol
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
FAفارسی
آمزونیا
am-so-ni-ya
FISuomi
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
FRFrançais
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
GUGU
અમસોનિયા
am-so-ni-ya
HEעברית
אמסוניה
am-so-ni-ya
HIहिन्दी
अमसोनिया
am-so-ni-ya
HUMagyar
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
IDBahasa Indonesia
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
ITItaliano
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
MRMR
अमसोनिया
am-so-ni-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
MYမြန်မာ
အမ်စုနီးယား
a-m-su-ni-ye-ya
NLNederlands
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
NONorsk
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
PLPolski
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
PTPortuguês
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
RORomână
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
RUРусский
амсония
am-so-ni-ya
SVSvenska
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
SWKiswahili
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
TAதமிழ்
அமசோனியா
am-a-so-ni-ya
TEతెలుగు
అమసోనియా
am-so-ni-ya
THไทย
แอมโซเนีย
am-so-ne-i
TRTürkçe
amsonia
am-so-ni-a
UKУкраїнська
амсонія
am-so-ni-ya
URاردو
امسونیہ
am-so-ni-ya
VITiếng Việt
amsonia
am-so-ni-a