That name is new to me. Here they are called yellowshows -- in Spanish, zaiya or temaqui. Shawn Pollard Yuma, AZ --- On Thu, 8/30/12, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> wrote: This genus is new to me, so I checked |Google to see what's what. I was intrigued to see that a vernacular name for this plant is "throw up weed". Can anyone explain why?