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Goathead: state plant of New Mexico

by theBoonie on Fri 30 Oct 2009 05:14 AM MDT | Permanent Link

You can see how these odious things got their name. They have been falling off their small plants for the last couple weeks, blowing everywhere. Tough on bicycle tires and doggie paws.

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Re:Goathead: state plant of New Mexico

by GrannyJ on Sun 01 Nov 2009 03:27 PM MST | Permanent Link

...and barefoot little kids down in the outskirts of Phoenix in the Good Old Days. But we called them bullheads.

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