Dahlia

 The dahlia is also known as Tenjikubotan in Japanese, which literally means 'Peony of India'. According to the Japanese language of flowers, it means 'good taste'.

Dahlias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Common Swift, Ghost Moth and Large Yellow Underwing.

The dahlia is named after Swedish 18th-century botanist Anders Dahl. In German the dahlia was known during most of the 19th century asGeorgia, being named after the naturalist Johann Gottlieb Georgi of St. Petersburg, Russia.