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Daily Archives: December 4, 2014

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Beautiful foilage a characteristic of Mystery Plant

Argh! Dealing with common names of plants makes me sound like a pirate.Common names have some serious drawbacks, because they are often misleading or otherwise inaccurate, leading to confusion.  
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