Beardtongue made me giggle honestly
Native to the US that is
I remember posting about some European thing and bring told nooo its invasive. But… I am in Europe.
Actually a possible risk I can see is people outside of the US getting overwhelmingly US information presented as if it is a general fact and introducing something that is invasive where they live.
I agree, that word ‘native’ in particular is subjective. I feel it needs qualifying to avoid misunderstanding.
Yes you should always check the sources! I wish I had more European things to post however, I don’t live there so I don’t find myself looking it up.
Looking at you Tradescantia zebrina.
I’m also a big fan of plants with misleading names, like the tulip poplar (not a tulip or a poplar) or the Jerusalem artichoke (not an artichoke or from Jerusalem)
The flowers do look like tulips, but idk where the poplar part came from.
People also call them tulip trees
Saw some sneezeweed up in the mountains last month :,(
Im also very partial to southern-sounding names with a lot of character:
-Devils Walking Stick
-Devils knitting needles
-Hearts-a-bustin’I had a lot of Foxglove where I used to live. Very common in the nature preserves.
Those are just mildly misleading. Most genuinely terrible name I’ve ever seen was Orobanche uniflora /Aphyllon purpureum, which has the common names “oneflowered broomrape”, “one-flowered cancer root” and “naked broomrape”
Those are indeed, impressively bad
‘Pussytoes’ always gets me
One of my favorites. Both as a plant and a name
I have a bunch of Foxglove Beardtongues. It’s a really hard name especially because it’s not a foxglove which people know
