Chelone
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Chelone may refer to:
- Chelone (plant)Chelone (plant)Chelone is a genus of four species of perennial herbaceous plants native to eastern North America. They all have similarly shaped flowers , which vary in color from white to red, purple or pink. C. cuthbertii, C. glabra, and C. lyonii are diploid and C...
, commonly known as turtleheads - Chelone (Greek mythology)Chelone (Greek mythology)Chelone , an Oread nymph of Arcadia in Greek mythology, invented to provide an etiological myth for the tortoise: in one of Aesop's Fables, she refused to attend or was very naughty and disrespectful at the marriage of Zeus and Hera, and as a result she was transformed into a tortoise, condemning...