Bull Nettle, Cnidoscolus texanus |
Date: April 24, 2005, at Deb Herczog's place near Driftwood, TX |
Filename: /images/2005/Flower-4.jpg |
About this photo:The flowers are a lovely white, but notice the spines on the stem. You don't want to touch this plant, as it has a wicked sting. This is one of the flowers mentioned in Shakespeare, in fact, several times. An example, Henry V, Part I, Act 1, Scene 1: The strawberry grows underneath the nettle, The purpose you undertake is dangerous; Why, that's certain; 'tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. |