Noting the large number of religious popular or common plant names recorded, Johannis Bauhin wrote "De Plantis A Divis Sanctisve Nomen Habentibus" ("Plants Which Have Various Holy Names") in Basil in ...
Vast numbers of Latin American plants were given religious names in this way by European missionaries. Notable in this respect is the American plant, Tagetus, now commonly known as Marigold (MaryGold) ...
Writing in the latest edition of Garden News, the horticulturist started his list of go-to flowers with the Sunflower ... I go for the common, humble primrose. No other plant so perfectly ...