stinking Roger

German translation: Gewürztagetes

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English term or phrase:stinking Roger
German translation:Gewürztagetes
Entered by: Dr. Tilmann Kleinau

09:07 Jul 12, 2007
English to German translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Botany / Australian short story
English term or phrase: stinking Roger
The grass along the headlands was almost as tall as the corn; the Bathurst-burr, the Scotch-thistles, and the "stinking Roger" were taller.
Dr. Tilmann Kleinau
Germany
Local time: 04:07
Mexikanischer Gewürztagetes
Explanation:

cf. Google Bildersuche "stinking roger" (= Tagetes minuta)
+ Google

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-07-12 09:24:42 GMT)
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tja... wie's aussieht, gibt's da wohl mehrererere stinkende Rogers ;-)
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Marianne Hartz-Poseck
Germany
Local time: 04:07
Grading comment
Vielen Dank!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Mexikanischer Gewürztagetes
Marianne Hartz-Poseck
4 +1stinking roger (Osteospermum calendulaceum)
Sven Petersson
3 +1(schwarzes) Bilsenkraut
Marcus Geibel
3Sangura (Hyptis suaveolens)
Ansgar Knirim


Discussion entries: 5





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stinking roger
(schwarzes) Bilsenkraut


Explanation:
siehe http://mitglied.lycos.de/rattecoll/botanik/kraeuter.html
oder
http://www.shi.ch/schule/Gartendokumentation.pdf

Marcus Geibel
Germany
Local time: 04:07
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eckhard Boehle: Hyoscyamus niger - das Bilsenkraut kann auch höher als Getreide/Mais werden!
19 mins
  -> Hab ich mir so auch gedacht, war aber nicht sicher. Danke, Eckhard!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stinking roger
Mexikanischer Gewürztagetes


Explanation:

cf. Google Bildersuche "stinking roger" (= Tagetes minuta)
+ Google

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-07-12 09:24:42 GMT)
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tja... wie's aussieht, gibt's da wohl mehrererere stinkende Rogers ;-)

Marianne Hartz-Poseck
Germany
Local time: 04:07
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cetacea: In Australien entspricht "stinking roger" eindeutig Tagetes minuta. http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/weeds/Sheets/herbs/H Stinking Roge... Ich würde aber einfach bei "Studentenblume" bleiben.
45 mins
  -> Vielen Dank!
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
stinking roger
Sangura (Hyptis suaveolens)


Explanation:
Und noch einer, viel Spaß beim Aussuchen...;-)

(Hyptis suaveolens laut Wikipedia "Liste der Küchenkräuter" in deutsch "Sangura".)

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2007-07-12 10:23:24 GMT)
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Fehler im zweiten Link, dieser müsste funktionieren:
http://www.hear.org/pier/reports/niue_report_2004.htm


    Reference: http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/rangelands/docs/change/CS01.pdf
    Reference: http://www.earthplatform.com/plant/species?Terms=plant%20spe...
Ansgar Knirim
Germany
Local time: 04:07
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stinking roger
stinking roger (Osteospermum calendulaceum)


Explanation:
:o)

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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-07-12 18:07:17 GMT)
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NOTE:
This name Osteospermum calendulaceum L.f. may not be current. Osteospermum calendulaceum L.f. is a nomenclatural synonym of Oligocarpus calendulaceus (L.f.) Less.
Reason: See Goldblatt & Manning, Cape Plants (2000)

See also:
http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/current?id=8155&PHPSE...
http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=345&level=s&i...


    Reference: http://de.gardening.eu/arc/Pflanzen/Str%E4ucher/Osteospermum...
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 04:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): yes
8 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
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