Re: mystery carex
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] mystery carex
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 00:32:06 -0400
Dictionary of Botanical Epithets says it means "like a plantain"
http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary/dictionary.133.html
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Clyde Crockett <CCREDUX@AOL.COM>
> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:31 PM
>
> In a message dated 10/23/1999 5:34:19 PM Central Daylight Time,
ECPep@AOL.COM
> 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
> ).
> >>
> Plantago refers to a genus. I'd rather think that the name is derived
from
> the plantain family---Plantaginacae==Plantain Family.The sedges are not
> members of the genus Plantago but are a genus.
>
> Clyde Crockett z5 Indy IN
