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What's the proper name of this plant? (Original Post)
KS Toronado
Dec 2025
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Jilly_in_VA
(14,785 posts)1. I need a better/closer picture to help you
Traildogbob
(13,337 posts)2. Canis sativa.
But I have no idea what the full hierarchy of classification is above Genus and species. Kingdom Plant or Animal. Not a Fungus, Monera, Protista,
Mr Whitaker did not see this coming after his 1969 kingdoms of life proposal. Science May need to revisit the classification criteria. Even add one for MAGA, what the hell are they?
vanlassie
(6,310 posts)5. canis Saliva.
Last edited Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:31 PM - Edit history (1)
Traildogbob
(13,337 posts)7. Great one, lower case the first letter of specific epithet.
Canis saliva. I love it. Are those pot plants behind the puppy or part of the organism?
Dogs make everything great!❤️❤️❤️
Blumancru
(414 posts)3. Dogwood tree?
KS Toronado
(24,290 posts)9. I like that one!
biophile
(1,730 posts)4. Could be a dogwood! 😆
taxi
(2,787 posts)6. that would be a digenpaus
sometimes they are mistaken for a canine, the baddogger
Bluestocking
(916 posts)8. Dogweed
The easiest way to get rid of it is to offer it a treat,
sinkingfeeling
(58,314 posts)10. I think it's a Bad Dogwood.
KS Toronado
(24,290 posts)15. Now we're getting somewhere.
Faux pas
(16,636 posts)11. Lol
Simeon Salus
(1,671 posts)12. Obviously a Haitian strain.
Eating the pets. Eating the dogs...
Diamond_Dog
(41,588 posts)13. The "Bad Doggie" plant?
mercuryblues
(16,579 posts)14. Puppawampus
Not to be confused with a Catarampus.
LudwigPastorius
(15,320 posts)16. _
Fido benjamina
Bayard
(30,792 posts)17. Bernese Mountain Mud Plant
I would be really unhappy with it.
rurallib
(64,949 posts)18. Bark-a-lounger
KS Toronado
(24,290 posts)19. Good thing my keyboard has a plastic cover.
IcyPeas
(26,012 posts)20. Robert.
