Re: Common names
shazzbat wrote:
> Foxglove in German is "fingerhut" = finger hat.
How funny, considering how posonious it is! Antirrhinum latifolium,
Snapdragon is called 'gueule de loup' in French, meaning 'woolf's
face'. I wonder if there's a book with plants common names in Europe
and all their equivalent. That would be a treat for me :o)
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