tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post8652178479677998420..comments2024-03-12T14:02:09.820-04:00Comments on Riverdaze…: COMELY COMMON FLEABANEGrizz…………http://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-40598654102377677472012-05-03T23:48:34.093-04:002012-05-03T23:48:34.093-04:00Weaver…
You know the old saying that a wildflower...Weaver…<br /><br />You know the old saying that a wildflower is just a weed with a better press agent. The fleabanes are too often overlooked…perhaps because of their size and weediness, maybe due to their name. <br /><br />Incidentally, the OED lists several shades of definition for "bane," —i.e. a slayer or murderer; a thing which cause death or destroys life, poison; murder, death, destruction; ruin, woe; a cause of ruin, harm, or trouble in life. <br /><br />We don't have Leopard's Bane here in the U.S.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-87217560332880750012012-05-03T14:46:58.018-04:002012-05-03T14:46:58.018-04:00What a pretty plant Grizz. I do agree with you t...What a pretty plant Grizz. I do agree with you that many of our prettiest wild flowers don't get a second look from passing folk - this applies to things like daisies, which are rather like your fleabane only smaller of course.<br />Not sure what the word 'bane' means but I do love Leopard's bane which is a bright yellow daisy-like flower - proper name Doronicum - do you have that in the US?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com