Amoreuxia
Shawn Pollard (Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:22:23 PDT)

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?