Re: mystery carex
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] mystery carex
- From: C* P*
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 18:33:59 EDT
In a message dated 10/23/99 1:24:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
diehlr@INDIANA.EDU writes:
<<
Sounds like an interesting Carex !
Anybody have a Latin dictionary handy? I'm wondering what plantaginea
means, since there's a hosta with that species name also. >>
"Plantago: Plaintain, the Latin namefor these herbs and shrubs." No doubt
the root word, appearing as plaintain ( an unpleasant lawn and driveway week
).
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
