醉蝶花 Spiny Spider Flower

突看醉蝶舞花球 瑰麗花苞開恁爍(當代 ‧ 玉書詩童)

醉蝶花原產於阿拉伯、北非及美洲,其花朵有4枚花瓣,隨風飄揚時如蝴蝶醉舞,因而得名。外國人把它看成蜘蛛,叫它Spiny Spider Flower。

Spiny Spider Flower, akaCleome spinosa, is native to Arabia, North Africa and America. Its flower has 4 petals, and dances like a drunken butterfly when it blows in the wind. It also looks like a spider, and so named.

楊必興 P H Yang