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Or not so sad depending on if you love puns as much as I do. Funny Plant Names That Will Make You Laugh.
The Galium aparine plant has acquired many nicknames over the years including cleavers clivers bedstraw goosegrass catchweed stickyweed and sticky willy.
Funny sounding plant names. Well here are the top 10 funny and strange plant names youre guaranteed to be interested in. Sneezewort Yarrow AKA Sneezewort This plant originally got this name because it was used as sneezing powder. Funny Plant Names That Will Make You Laugh.
We Southerners learn plant names early. From the treesoak pine maple dogwoodto the shrubs ferns and flowers that live in our region each plant has a name family and specific sun and watering requirements. Spending time outdoors and in gardens teaches us what to call the plants we.
If so some plant names come across as quite funny. This is the famous Scotch thistle. And the botanical name seems quite harmless until you study it because Onopordum comes from the Greek for.
Apparently donkeys like to eat it and the end result is both sonorous and malodorous. Punny plant names are hard to come by but these catchy funny and unique ones will live up to your expectations. What will you name your plant pets.
Green-fingered fans can now have a giggle in their gardens by planting a range of herbs flowers and fungi with names including the Shaggy Soldier the. Many fictional characters have inspired plant names from Sherlock Holmes Mandevilla sherlockii to Oscar the Grouch Stelis oscargrouchii Karremans and Smaug the dragon Dracula smaug from The Hobbit. Can you guess which iconic movie villain Begonia darthvaderiana was named after.
Green-fingered fans with a cheeky sense of humour are having a giggle in their gardens by planting a range of herbs flowers and fungi with names including Shaggy Soldier Cockhold Herb. A sweet simple classic Daisy is derived from the Old English dægeseage meaning eye of the dayIt was first used as a given name in the 19th century gaining popularity along with many other plant and flower names. While Elm could be a short form or variant for Elmer or Elmo we like it for its reference to the elm tree.
This recently-coined Cornish name means. Theyve come up with a lot of terms that are humorous on purpose stupidogobius ytu brutus inglorious mediocris Roberthoffstetteria nationalgeographica etc etc but there are a. The first and only landscaping tree on todays list of funny plant names the monkey puzzle tree was named by an Englishman as early as the 1800s.
The reason why he decided to name it like this is because its shape made him think of the fact that a. The Galium aparine plant has acquired many nicknames over the years including cleavers clivers bedstraw goosegrass catchweed stickyweed and sticky willy. This fast-growing plant produces tiny star-shaped flowers from early spring to summer.
The Ghost Plant is a hardy succulent with pale gray or whitish leaves which are not spooky. Native to Mexico this scary-sounding plant can grow between 6 inches and a foot tall and is often used as a ground cover according to the University of Florida. These 14 tips will help you plant and grow succulents outside.
Bat plant Tacca integrifolia Photo courtesy of Vicki Ashton cc The White Bat Plant is one of the worlds largest and most unusual flowers. Its strange little black flowers come in clusters of. Funny Sounding Animals Names Theyve come up with a lot of terms that are humorous on purpose stupidogobius ytu brutus inglorious.
I want 3 names for 1 male and 2female Manifest entry for actions that reply to IntentACTION_SET_WALLPAPER which makes it possible for them to offer a tailor made massive icon associated with this motion. Then beside this oddly labelled plant many more quirky names Needles and Spike instead of Saguaro and Prickly Pear. Yup you may think its sad but this is without a doubt my idea of a good time.
Or not so sad depending on if you love puns as much as I do. Rafflesia arnoldii the worlds biggest flower. Antoine Hubert via Flickr CC BY-ND 20 4.
North and South Carolina. Not many plants eat things other than sunlight though youll see a few in the list below.