Word Trix: WordlessWednesday 11: Spiderwort

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Greene Prairie * UW Arboretum * Madison, WI

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Margaret Almon said...: We have Spiderwort in our garden, and I love how they close up in the afternoon.; Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:11:00 PM
Heather said...: Margaret: Amazing and beautiful, aren't they?; Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:33:00 PM
kayerj said...: how interesting--both the flower and the name; Wednesday, June 22, 2011 6:14:00 PM
Heather said...: Kaye: Spiderwort is one of my favorite prairie plants. I talked about it a bit in this T13 post last summer.; Wednesday, June 22, 2011 8:23:00 PM
Jana said...: I wanna know how some of these flowers get their names. Spiderwart? It's too pretty to have such and ugly name.; Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:45:00 PM
Alice Audrey said...: Oh! So that's what spiderwort looks like. I've read about it many times but had no idea.; Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:47:00 PM
Heather said...: Jana: Not wArt, wOrt. Big difference, hon. From dictionary.com:

WORT
–noun
a plant, herb, or vegetable (now usually used only in combination): figwort, spiderwort, lousewort, st john's wort.

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Origin:
Before 900; Middle English; Old English wyrt root, plant; cognate with Old High German wurz, Old Norse urt, herb, Gothic waurts, root.; Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:07:00 PM
Heather said...: Alice: Yes, this is spiderwort. Pretty, isn't it?; Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:09:00 PM