‘Dr. Spawn’ alter ego: Ragweed
Ah, the sweet smell of ragweed … bane of every outdoor allergy sufferer’s existence. Come late summer and…
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‘Poison’ alter ego: Deadly Nightshade
The dark, intensely sweet berries of deadly nightshade may taste appealing, but ingesting one too many could be…
‘Exploder’ alter ego: Sandbox Tree
The dark pointed spines protruding from the smooth brown bark of the sandbox tree give the plant an…
‘The Strangler’ alter ego: Kudzu
In one of the best examples of promotion gone terribly, terribly wrong, kudzu — lovingly referred to as…
‘Sunburn’ alter ego: Blister Bush
All plants need the sun in order to grow, but leave it to blister bush to use the…
‘Spreader’ alter ego: Killer Algae
The most threatening of comic book villains can escape captivity, be it a prison or a mental asylum,…
‘Smoke’ alter ego: Tobacco
Magneto, The Joker, Lex Luthor. Every comic series has its top villain, and the world of evil plants…
‘The Spore’ alter ego: Gliocladium roseum
OK, so technically it’s not a plant (it’s a reddish fungus), but under limited oxygen conditions Gliocladium roseum…
‘Prof. Plastic’ alter ego: Arabidopsis thaliana
On its own Arabidopsis thaliana, commonly referred to as “wall cress,” is just a small flowering plant. But…
‘Rubber Root’ alter ego: Guayule
Apparently the rubber world is at a crossroads. Natural rubber, which makes products like latex gloves, predominantly comes…