#caltrop

[entelodante]

Just out prancin' with the boys.

[lymebytess]

Hello my beautiful reptile Caltrop

[creekwyrm]

ocs ? ocs? ocs? may the world know some things about your ocs..

[fatchance]

Arizona poppies (Kallstroemia grandiflora), in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

The annual monsoon constitutes a fifth season in my part of Arizona. The summer rains lead to a quick – but fleeting – greening of the desert. Plants are in a hurry to bloom and set seed before the world dries again. This year's bloom has not been as wildly colorful as past years, but there are still plenty of wildflowers mixed in the green.

Etymology note: Arizona poppies are not true poppies at all, but a kind of caltrop. Caltrops are noted for their spiky-spiny seed pods, some of which are capable of puncturing sneaker soles or bicycle tires or garden gloves. The name derives from the seed pod's resemblance to the cruel iron spikes strewn on battlefields to cripple war horses. Military caltrops have been used since Roman times, and more recently by Ukraine to puncture Russian tires and slow advancing troops.

[mistique-mori]

Caltrop!!

Prompt list!

[chronivore]

[morcai]

Caltrop Marie [REDACTED SURNAME], from the first time I laid eyes on her (and immediately asked for the adoption paperwork because Why Did They Have My Cat) to just yesterday. Light of my days, thief of my embroidery floss, obstructor of laundry. My favorite, the funniest person I know, naptime companion and the terror of catnip mice everywhere.

Happy first adoptaversary, Callie 💙🖤💙

[oldschoolfrp]

Caltrops can interrupt even the toughest enemy’s movement (Elrohir / Kenneth Rahman, The Space Gamer 9, Metagaming, Dec 1976-Jan 1977)