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a vine that throws fistfuls of flowers to hide that it secretly hates its own roots in the sun
name originGreek klema, meaning vine branch
cool feet rulewants shaded roots, sun-soaked face
mild toxinsap once used to fake beggar sores
climbing tricktwists leaf stalks, not tendrils, to grip
old man's beardseedheads turn into silvery hairy plumes