Wachendorfia
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Wachendorfia is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants that is assigned to the bloodroot family. The plants have a perennial rootstock with red sap. From the rootstock emerge lance- or line-shaped, so
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora Flipphi 6
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora Flipphi 5
Pleated leaves on the stem of W. thyrsiflora
W. thyrsiflora seeds
Chirality
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Chirality is the property of an object not being identical to its mirror image. An object is chiral if it is not identical to its mirror image; that is, it cannot be superposed onto itself. Conversely
A natural left-handed helix, made by a certain climber plant's tendril
Shells of two different species of sea snail: on the left is the normally sinistral (left-handed) shell of Neptunea angulata, on the right is the normally dextral (right-handed) shell of Neptunea despecta
Wachendorfia paniculata flower with style left