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this common name did not enjoy wide usage until the late 1980’s when the Nature Conservancy and the various Natural Heritage programs began using it in species lists. It has since found its way into field guides, websites, and now the Rappahannock News.
According to Dr. Ware, people never called the plant fameflower in the 1960s and 1970s and he dislikes the misapplied common name. He says that nonbotanists who know the plant call it “moss rose” or “rock pink” if they call it anything. We like Rock Pink although it sounds vaguely like an all-girl punk band. Anyway we’re going to use it from now on. Who knows? Maybe we’ll start a trend.
We welcome your comments on this or anything else natural philosophical. Send to rappnature@aol.com.
Rappahannock Guide. You can call Moore’s Orchard at 6753553. Jenkins’: 987-8192, Roy’s: 987-8636, and Williams: 6753765.
Bill Kossler can be reached at bkossler@timespapers.com
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