Not until many years later did I learn that this wild phlox of youth was none other than the ubiquitous weed known as bouncing Bet, a Saponaria that can be found in many waste places such as abandoned railroad tracks, along highways as well as in unkempt gardens.

These ubiquitous weeds are Alliums and grow from tiny bulbs.

The television set, that ubiquitous weed of the media, will be uprooted from the backs of taxicabs starting Sunday.

"The lot was just bricks and dirt with a couple of ailanthus," the ubiquitous weed of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" fame.

Planting the kernels deep in the silt, watching out for fungal decay in the young shoots, clearing away tendrils of the reservoir's ubiquitous fibrous weed which could choke the mushy pumpkin-like globes.

If left to its own devices, this ubiquitous weed can grow quite tall, perhaps four to five feet, which is about how tall they were in Ruth Stout's garden.

This ubiquitous, perennial weed is very susceptible to the rust and is often found growing near Rhamnus.

Contemplation of how certain plants came to be called what they are makes for some serious musings while, say, steering the power mower or pulling those ubiquitous weeds.

To me, as a botanist, the choice of poison ivy, the ubiquitous weed that millions of Americans dread, seemed curious and ambiguous.