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Bastardsage (Eriogonum wrightii)

      Some people find tongue-in-cheek melodrama funny and others just don't get it. In any case, bastardsage is an actual name for an actual plant, but you can call it by its formal (scientific) name if you want to. Eriogonum wrightii. That said, it is interesting that so many plants have unusual names. I've dealt with all sorts of interesting names such as blue dicks, pussypaws, broomrape, tidy tips, lousewort, pussytoes, and now bastardsage in song videos which I've posted on YouTube and will probably wind up making more similar videos in the future. However, there are a few I can't mention which would be crossing current lines of propriety. On the other hand, there may be a few more which I will come across which I can use in humorous musical videos. Who knows what the future will bring?

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Lyrics:

What kind of name is bastardsage?
So awfully rude, it's an outrage
Flowers striped, leaves short and gray
But the name is not okay!

Bastardsage who should we blame
For giving it that awful name?
Bastardsage how could it be
Insulting lack of dignity

If you find this plant's name rude
Or if you're in a formal mood
Use the name that's dignified
Eriogonum wrightii


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