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yarb commented on the word jingleweed
"In the meadows, in the flash and dazzle of the morning, his fat black cattle grazed through the jingleweed, his white guineas ran huddling."
- W.M. Spackman, An Armful of Warm Girl
December 22, 2011
yarb commented on the word jingleweed
What plant does Spackman mean by this? Google is no help.
December 22, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word jingleweed
Jingle weed is cited as a common name for Sida acuta in Harvard University's Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, Vol. 68, 1987, p.125. Another name is common wireweed. It is a weed that frequents pastures and disturbed areas throughout the southern US states that border the Gulf of Mexico, and it has been introduced in Hawaii. It doesn't care how many times you cut it with your lawn mower.
December 22, 2011
yarb commented on the word jingleweed
Excellent, thanks H. It struck me as appropriate for the season (though I guess not really suited to the decking of halls).
December 22, 2011