The etymology of the word mistletoe is all over the place and has been traced to Old English, Middle English, Anglo Saxon and old...
Chuparosa is one my of favorite plants from back when we used to live outside of Tucson. I bet we had 5 or 6...
The specific epithet ligusticifolia for this Clematis means that the plant has leaves like Ligusticum or lovage. I used the name Levisticum for lovage...