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Venus’s looking-glass, etc. Their strikingly beautiful purple flowers are responsible for all species of the blue-bell family (Specularia), especially the bellflower, or Campanula, being named for Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty. Other plants named after Venus include Venus basin bath, the wild teasel; Venus’s-comb, the shepherd’s needle; Venus’s-golden apple (At- lantia monphylla); Venushair, the maidenhair; Venus’s-lover; Venus-navel; Venus’s-pear; Venus’s pride, blue houstonia; and Venus’s-slipper, the lady slipper. |