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playing in the Golden Club

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SweetieKisses
posted on:
May '09
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Gurl Ignatius Watson Lagniappe
playing in the Golden Club
Orontes was a character in the Aeneid by Virgil. He went down with his ship when Juno convinced the winds to sink the fleet of Aeneas. The seed of golden club sinks in its vessel also. The Or in Orontium adds another layer of meaning to the genus name - it is French for gold, the color of the flowers, Aquaticum is simply Latin for "growing in the water."

Both the berry and the roots are edible, but must be thoroughly dried and boiled and rinsed before eating.
North Americans used the dried ground root for flour and boiled the fruit as a pea-like vegetable.

The Bog Candle/Golden Club tenatius in our briarpatch

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Carol L.
Posted by Carol L. (langsford)
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Good to know, I love your stories about your area.
JenniferMaurer
Posted by JenniferMaurer
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Pretty. Your babies look like they are having so much fun.
Julie
Posted by Julie (crittercrazed)
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That is a very informative article.
Love the photo of your babies.
My back yard has a resemblance to yours.

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