12-02-2023, 12:32 PM
Although Theophrastus called κεανωθοσ a thorny plant, "which stings and hurts from the top"*, from ανωθεν-from above, today the name ceanothus refers to the California lilac.
The image of our plant is complex, containing many elements, except the thorns.
Between thistle and California lilac, was this name applied to other plants?
* Le jardin des Racines grecques by Lancelot, Claude, 1615?-1695; Le Maitre de Saci, Louis Isaac; Regnier, Jacques Auguste Adolphe, 1804-1884? Paris, Hachette, 1844
The image of our plant is complex, containing many elements, except the thorns.
Between thistle and California lilac, was this name applied to other plants?
* Le jardin des Racines grecques by Lancelot, Claude, 1615?-1695; Le Maitre de Saci, Louis Isaac; Regnier, Jacques Auguste Adolphe, 1804-1884? Paris, Hachette, 1844