Monday, August 16, 2010

Wildflowers of Ainsworth: Blue Vervain

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(Click on image to enlarge)

I suppose if you hang this stuff up over your doorway, it will keep the blue devils out of your house.

That's a lame joke, but it inspired me to do a little Googling. Amazing what you can learn on the internet. I never knew until now that the original "Blue Devils" were the Chasseurs Alpins of France, who got that nickname during World War I because of their blue uniforms.

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Blue Devil artwork (image from the website of the 13th Battalion of the Chasseurs Alpins).

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