wildflowers and weeds (was Re: Eggcorn?)

[James C Stalker]

I betcha it don't grow too well in Michigan.

Arnold M. Zwicky writes:

> On May 17, 2005, at 6:48 PM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 17 May 2005 17:24:06 -0700, Arnold M. Zwicky
>> <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On May 17, 2005, at 11:24 AM, Dennis R. Preston asked me:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Could you warn us about this with some other name?
>>>>
>>>> houttuynia cordata
>>>>
>>>> dInIs, who'd like to keep this crap out of his garden, but don't
>>>> know
>>>> what it is
>>>>
>>>
>>> it doesn't have a "common name", remarkably enough.
>>>
>>
>> Don't know how "common" these names are...
>>
>> -----
>> http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Houttuynia.html
>
> my goodness, the internet can be wonderful.
>
>>
>> Chinese lizard tail,  Fish mint, Fish plant,  Fishwort, Heartleaf ,
>> Himalayan spinach, Lizard's tail, Edible houttuynia, Heartleaf
>> houttuynia,
>> Vietnamese fish plant, White chaplu, Wild houttuynia.
>> -----
>
> ah, the fish theme.  that's certainlyt part of the smell -- like
> southeast asian fish sauce.  plus coriander.  not a lot of citrus.
> or mint.
>
> not really spinach-like, but it *is* a green.
>
>> I bet Barry has some of these names in his files.
>
> arnold
>



James C. Stalker
Department of English
Michigan State University