10 plants with rude (but hilarious) names
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One of our colleagues sent us an amusing e-mail earlier this week and, to be fair, it made us snigger. So, for something a bit different, here are 10 plants with rude (but hilarious) names. If you are easily offended, we would like to apologise in advance.
1. Stiffcock - Botanical name: Diospyros crassenevis
2. Shagbark - Botanical name: Carya ovata
3. Cockhold Herb - Botanical name: Bidens connata
4. Sausage Tree - Botanical name: Kigelia africana
5. Family Jewels Milkweed - Botanical name: Asclepias physocarpus
6. Knobweed - Botanical name: Hyptis capitata
7. Shaggy Soldier - Botanical name: Galinsoga ciliata
8. Sticky Willy - Botanical name: Galium aparine
9. Nipplewort - Botanical name: Lapsana communis
10. Virgin Thistle - Botanical name: Cirsium virginense
Not the most high-brow thing you'll read today but we hope it made you smile.