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About the figure on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. I believe Diane is right that it refers to Castor and Pollux.
The figure at the bottom of this plant as a soldier though... well spotted! Wow, how did I not see that.
The helmet may be Greek as well - it's hard to tell. It is very likely that this plant had a shield-related name in many languages, like you say based on the shape of the leaves. It's wonderful.
I hope I'll still find some time today to check this at my computer, it's too hard on my phone. Without looking anything up, I'd guess already that the scientific name scutatus is derived from Latin scutum, shield. Byzantine soldiers were called skutatoi.
I wonder if the Greeks named any plant after their word for shield. Something to look into later today. Thank you for the great find.
About the figure on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. I believe Diane is right that it refers to Castor and Pollux.
The figure at the bottom of this plant as a soldier though... well spotted! Wow, how did I not see that.
The helmet may be Greek as well - it's hard to tell. It is very likely that this plant had a shield-related name in many languages, like you say based on the shape of the leaves. It's wonderful.
I hope I'll still find some time today to check this at my computer, it's too hard on my phone. Without looking anything up, I'd guess already that the scientific name scutatus is derived from Latin scutum, shield. Byzantine soldiers were called skutatoi.
I wonder if the Greeks named any plant after their word for shield. Something to look into later today. Thank you for the great find.