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The Greek word \u201cechinos<\/i>\u201d is sometimes translated as \u201chedgehog,\u201d sometimes as \u201csea urchin.\u201d Either way you look at it, where the word occurs in botanic names, look for a flower group or seed head that is round and prickly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So the next time you see Echinacea purpurea<\/i>, purple coneflower, notice how much more round and spikey its disc of flowers is than that of other coneflowers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pinus echinata<\/i>, short-leaf pine, bears prickly pinecones that echo a hedgehog. while Echinops sphaerocephalus<\/i>, globe thistle, with its spherical head of flowers, suggests a sea urchin. I can thank the Grass Bunch for calling my attention to Cyperinus echinatus<\/i>, globe Flatsedge, with its many spiky balls of first flowers then seeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Echinochloa crus-galli<\/i>, barnyard grass, translates as sea urchin grass with cock\u2019s spurs. In this plant one needs at least a hand lens to observe the hedgehog shape, which is found not in the inflorescence as a whole, even though bristly awns abound on its branches, but in the individual seeds, which are covered with rows of spikes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret Chatham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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