Regionalisms--plant names edition

[muckefuck]

No, this isn't my answers to the quiz that's going around. I can't see as anyone would find those much more interesting than reading my dreams. But since a lot of y'all seemed to enjoy filling that out, here's some more questions. These are all common plants that are called by different names than I use by at least one person I know.

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No, this isn't my answers to the quiz that's going around. I can't see as anyone would find those much more interesting than reading my dreams. But since a lot of y'all seemed to enjoy filling that out, here's some more questions. These are all common plants that are called by different names than I use by at least one person I know.
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[febrile.livejournal.com]

1. Flower
2. Flower
3. Flower
4. Plant
5. Flower
6. Flower
7. Flowering plant
8. Flowering tree

I'm all about practicality in my ignorance.

[prilicla.livejournal.com]

Hey, we must be from the same region!

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

1. ?
2. ?
3. morning glory
4. something that tends to stay alive if you give it some water
5. spiderwort?
6. jasmine?
7. cattails?
8. wisteria?
9. palm / fern?

So how many have I completely misidentified?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

There are no "right" and "wrong" answers here--this is a survey about individual variance after all--but...

ALL OF THEM.

Colour me impressed!

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

Well, even #4?
And I /thought/ the colors seemed off in the morning glory. I figured they just had a green crayon. But see, the leafs seemed to match!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

A description is not a name!

I wanted a better picture of the "morning glory", but it was tought to find one that showed the leaf shapes, the flowers, and the overall size. I settled for two out of three, so you can't really tell it's a tree.

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

I demand an easier quiz!

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

Oh! Ten shows up now... A crocus. Wait, those are orange. Daffodil.

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is sad:
1. Snapdragon
5. Myrtle (although now I know it’s really called Vinca)
7. Hosta
8. Cherry blossom
10. Daylily

From Southern Ontario

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

1. iris
2. trumpet vine
3. tulip tree
4. philodendron
5. periwinkle
6. honeysuckle
7. plantain
8. magnolia
9. devil's walking stick (?)
10. daffodil

Re: From Southern Ontario

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I really need a better picture for (9). It's a fast-growing tree that tends to take over in poor or disturbed soils, such as vacant lots and alleyways. In fall, it produces hundreds of reddish seeds.

Re: From Southern Ontario

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

ailanthus, then.

Re: From Southern Ontario

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Aha! We finally have a significant difference in our terminology. As kids, we called them "palm trees" until our father explained that they were named "trees of heaven"--by the same guy who named Greenland, in his opinion.

Re: From Southern Ontario

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

They don't really have a common name here yet - too recent an introduction, not really common until about 15 years ago. No matter what you call them (ailanthus, Tree of Heaven, Those Palm-Leaves Trees That Drop 10,000 Seeds All Over The Garden Which All Sprout The Next Spring) you are usually met with a puzzled look until you do a bit more splainin.

The periwinkle, btw, is called myrtle by a friend who grew up about 2 hours north of here, which makes me think it may be more a family thing than a regional thing.

Re: From Southern Ontario

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to see that whether or not you have a name for any of these plants at all seems to be something of a "family thing".

tree of heaven

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

These are real pests in Chicago. They seed 2x/yr w/1000's of seeds; all of which seem to sprout. The are water loving, so like willows they will seek out drainage pipes and grow into them, they are soft wood so they are of no value in the building dept.

They would be classified as pornographic (having no socially redeeming value), but for the fact that they grow quickly and provide excellent shade.
Both Grandparents had several on their property...I hated and loved them. Love...great shade tree under which to play, Hate *I* had to sweep/rake
all those damn seeds.

Re: tree of heaven

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Personally, I always thought they were rather crappy shade trees as well. When they're small, they grow too dense and when they get big, they often get leggy, introducing big gaps in cover. They also don't have the breadth of some of your really rockin' hardwoods.

When I was a kid I thought they were so neat. We called them "palm trees" and pretended we were in the jungle when we played around them. Now I see them for the weeds they are and just wish them gone. When I see big 'uns, it tells me that that plot must've been neglected for a long time, which makes me feel sad.

Re: tree of heaven

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

The one's in my paternal grandparents' front and back yards were easily 4-5 ft diameter, and the one in my maternal granparents' back yard was the same. They must have been very old...*shrugs*

btw...where was there a pic of a morning glory vine (in the other thread)

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

1. Iris
2. Orange trumpet thingo
3. Uninspired botanical drawing
4. Hideous house plant thing that might be a philodendron
5. Cute tiny thing!
6. Honeysuckle
7. Something that needs pruning
8. Magnolia
9. Giant scary weed
10. Daffodil

[sconstant.livejournal.com]

1. Iris
4. Pothos
9. _A Tree Grows In Brooklyn_
10. Daffodil

[parisgreen.livejournal.com]

1. Iris (have heard people call them "flag"
2. Trumpet vine
3. Tulip tree; at least I *think* this is what people call a tulip tree. It's new to me on this coast.
4. Pothos
5. In order of what I'm most likely to say: Greater periwinkle, venka, creeping myrtle
6. Honeysuckle
7. I don't know what this is; looks like bear grass, only smaller
8. Magnolia
9. Sumac
10. When they're this big and yellow: Daffodils!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

7. Plantago major
10. Do you have a different name for the smaller, two-tone ones?

[parisgreen.livejournal.com]

7. We do have these around here and I've looked them up before. I think I don't retain the name because it seems too peculiar to me to call something "plaintain" that's nothing like a banana. Similarly, having grown up in Southern California, I call a very different kind of plant a "palm tree." (Actually a set of plants; many of the things people call palm trees in California are not true palms.)

10. Narcissus. I love the name jonquil (which I see that someone else here used); it sounds so victorian. But I never think of it.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I've adopted the habit of calling the the weed a /'pl%ntn/ (with initial stress) and the food a /pl%n'teyn/ (with final stress). I'd the only one I know who does this. As kids, we called the local plaintains "shooter-weeds".

If you like Victorian-sounding terms, the traditional English name for the P. major is "waybread". (Not that it has anything to do with "bread", though; the second element is related to "broad", so the name means "a broad-leafed plant that grows on the wayside". Plaintains do well in disturbed soils.)

[(Anonymous)]

1.wild iris
2.hibiscus
4.philodendron
8.japanese magnolia or dogwood
9.big fern
10.daffodil
says sfbooklady who is actually from new orleans.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Hello sfbooklady! Have we met?

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

Not unless you went to Valencia Street Books, at 569 Valencia Street. Cross street is 17th St.

She's the owner.
(I made her take the quiz!)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I came this close to ducking in, but I had people to meet at Ti-Kouz. Next time!

as I understand

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

#1..bearded Iris (probably american hybrid) When I lived in Chicago I had many different varieties. There was a guy in the leather community
who won international acclaim for his hybridization of same.

#2..Trumpet Vine (Tropical in origin...they seem to grow wild out here)

#3..True Tulip Tree ( one of serveral varieties native to the midwest and Ohio Valley. Only the female produces flowers

#4..Pothos also known as Golden Philodendron, Creeping golden Ivy, Varigated Pothos (Aroid)

#5.. Vinca aka creeping myrtle

#6..White honeysuckle

#7..Seen it many times...unsure of name

#8.. flowering magnolia

#9..Chinese Tree of Heaven

#10..Jonquil, Daffodil, Dutch Trumpet Lily

Phew! *wipes forEhead*

[nibadi.livejournal.com]

Ich fand deine Träume schon interessanter als dieses Rätsel, dass ich erst soeben entdeckt habe. Deine Träume wollte ich absichtlich unkommentiert lassen. Nun zum Rätsel:

1. Iris
2. Hibiskus (wahrscheinlich blamiert!)
3. Sommerlinde?
4. Zimmerrankengewächs (soll es das in der freien Natur geben?)
5. Nicht Vergiss-mein-nicht
6. Lilien
7. Pusteblume
8. Magnolia (hier bin ich mir ausnahmsweise vollkommen sicher)
9. Irgend ein Fahngewächs
10. Schneeglöckchen / Osterglocke / gelbe Narzisse

Ja, das Spiel hatten wir schon einmal im Park. Ich war so angetan von Dir wegen deiner (unerwarteten) Energie und deinem Enthusiasmus.

Ich fürchte, dass ich auch bei diesem Rätsel versagt habe.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Das ist nicht als Rätsel gemeint, sondern Umfrage. Zum Nr. 10: Welcher Name fällt Dir zunächst ein?

[nibadi.livejournal.com]

Der korrekte Name für Nr. 10 ist (gelbe, es gibt auch weiße) Narzisse.

Wenn es kein Rätsel ist, heisst das, dass es am Ende keine definitive Auflösung gibt????? Da bin ich ja ein wenig frustriert!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Ich kann nur die Namen, die mir vertraut sind, wiedergeben. Sie sind fast diesselben, die bitterlawngnome schon gepostet hat.

Für wen "korrekt"? Wenn man Botaniker ist, ist Narcissus pseudo-narcissus die einzige "korrekte" Bezeichnung für die Pflanze im Foto 10 oben. Aber wir sind alle keine Botaniker hier, was? Ich nenne sie "daffodils". Andere nennen sie "jonquils" oder "yellow narcissus". Ich find "Osterglocke" ein wundersüsser Name und wenn ich sie auf deutsch bezeichnen muss, nenne ich sie "Osterglocken".

[nibadi.livejournal.com]

Wie gewohnt, bist du streng mit mir. Mein *korrekt* bezog sich lediglich auf die von mir zuvor getroffene Dreier-Auswahl, da es der einzige Begriff ist, der mir für die Botanik adäquat erschien. Ansonsten eigne ich mich wirklich nicht zum Botaniker. Ich selbst nenne dieses Blümchen auch immer Osterglöckchen.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Das ist die Frage, die ich halt beantwortet worden wollte! Was nennst Du diese Blume?

Wieso "streng"? Was ich streng finde, ist die Umgang der Deutschen mit ihre Sprache. Die scheinen mehr Gewicht auf "Korrektheit" zu legen, als wir Amerikaner.

[nibadi.livejournal.com]

Ich hab es dir doch immer gesagt: Ich bin LEIDER viel deutscher als ich es sein will. Erinnerst du dich?

Obwohl ich mich sehr bemühe, den Italiener in mir zu erwecken oder mir was von den Amerikanern abzugucken.

Nun ja, aber es soll hier nicht um mich gehen, sondern um Blümchen, Sträucher, Bäume usw.

[themagdalen.livejournal.com]

3. I know I know this- it's not a sycamore is it?
5. vinca
6. honeysuckle (what other name does it have??)
8. Japanese magnolia
9. Mimosa
10. Daffodil

Like I was paying attention when Dad named these

[bunj.livejournal.com]

1. Iris
5. Violet. Then again, I call everything small and purple a violet.
6. Mandaglorian Death Vine.
7. I can't remember what we called these, I do remember there was a way of folding the stem which would make the head shoot off.
8. magnolia. I've also heard Tulip Tree, but I honestly can't tell the difference between the two.
10. I like the flowers,
I like the daffodils,
I like the mountains,
I like the rolling hills,
I like the fireside when the lights are low,
Singing de-dum-de-da, de-dum-de-da, de-dum-de-da, de-dum

you learned nothing from your siblings either

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

d00d! Didn't you used to "eat" honeysuckle with the rest of us?

I've got to get out more

[bunj.livejournal.com]

Of course I did. I just didn't recognize it from that picture, which shows how long it's been since I've seen any. Man, I want to go over to Amber and Cory's house right now and munch on some.

[teapot-farm.livejournal.com]

1. iris
2. weird American plant
3. absolutely no idea
4. leopard laurel (if it's the one I think it is - grows into big bushes 6 or 7 feet tall, and quite woody).
5. nope
6. honeysuckle
7. I always wondered what those were called. Very familiar, totally unnameable.
8. camellia
9. hugely overgrown parlour palm
10. daffodils