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Thread #167530   Message #4042733
Posted By: leeneia
28-Mar-20 - 09:37 PM
Thread Name: botany, German: 'Die Schneewurz'
Subject: RE: botany, German: 'Die Schneewurz'
This poem is beyond me, but I have learned that P. vulgaris is a carnivorous plant that grows in cold, rocky places. The last two verses say:

No finger plucks me for a maiden's wreath.
No girl takes me to the line dance.

And when I perish, I cause no pain.
I bloom and die for myself alone.
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Yes, I doubt if anybody outside the Addams family puts carnivorous plants in a bouquet.