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These lovely little plants are from the genus Clitoria, commonly known as the Butterfly Pea. Obviously the garden term isn’t as sexy as the official scientific name. Clearly the scientists were feeling a little horny on the day they named this flower. According to Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n This genus was named after the human female clitoris, for the flowers bear a resemblance to female pudenda. Originally the first described species of the genus was given the name Flos clitoridis ternatensibus in 1678 by Rumpf, a German-born botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company. It was regarded as appropriately named by Johann Philipp Breyne in 1747. Many vernacular names of these flowers in different languages are similarly based on references to a woman’s sexual organ.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I like it. Who needs roses when you can have these raunchy plants in your garden?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These lovely little plants are from the genus Clitoria, commonly known as the Butterfly Pea. Obviously the garden term isn’t as sexy as the official scientific name. Clearly the scientists were feeling a little horny on the day they named this flower. According to Wikipedia: This genus was named after the human female clitoris, for the flowers bear a resemblance to female pudenda. Originally the first described species of the Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[192,342,552],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quirky-weird-funny","tag-clitoria","tag-flowers","tag-nature"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t