Crumby, Ecologer Mode - Flora Snobbery Plus Big or Ugly

Shall ye be ready when the great titrations handy
ye'll need crackers, silver tape plus wottled boter
Yepper ye'll need all of those plus a clothespin fer yer nose
Shall ye be ready when the great titrations handy

Red also ovates,

Ye might also need a can or two of potted meat plus a hard hat and a day glow safety vest, maybe.

Alas, the most common of the actual Asclepias habitating in these parts of the Republic of Tejas may be too big or ugly for toleration. Yet considered from a broad perspective, the perspective the WG employs, (huh-huh, the WG is a tolerant broad), those most common Asclepias in these parts may be useful and very interesting.

Previously in this venue we have discovered how useful is big Antelope's horns (Asclepias asperula) if you happen to be one of the littler butterflies. Alas and alack, no Antelope's horns are extant at the CB. But that sad fact could change, anon, if Red decides to stick it out at the CB as opposed to moving to foreign parts. But never mind all that.

We do have one actual Asclepias at the CB. The one we do have is hierba de zizotes (Asclepias oenotherioides). If any among the living, or yea verily, even among the talkative that are themselves elsewhere or dead, know what a zizotes is, wise me up. But never mind that for the nonce.

Hold it. All of a sudden I am deeply troubled by zizotes. You know. I bet some satirical botanist made that name up long ago just to see how often that name would be spelled without explanation in the literature. For example, rye-cheer in the CB lab we have a great many botanical tomes. Considering all these tomes, only Mr. Irwin plus Ms. Wills, in their slim volume, refrain from spelling zizotes. Yet none of those other tomes, wise me up. What's zizotes, Baggins? Jeez Louise! That satirical botanist may be having a good laugh at my expense. Dang it.

All righty then. I need to go get in the orgone box for awhile.

Later.

All righty then. Back to hierba de whatever. The hierba de whatever habitating at the CB, in addition to being good for their own sakes,are good for tiny black ants. In addition, the hierba de whatever are equally as interesting as all the other Asclepiadaceae.