grenade weed

I’ve got a plant in my yard.  I call it the “grenade weed.”  When I touch it, the plant explodes and sends all these little bomblets into the surrounding soil.

Originally I guessed the plants name was “weedus grenadus,” but I did look it up.  It is bittercress.  This is a common weed in the spring and early summer.  I bet you have it in your yard.

What a defense mechanism this plant has.  Under threat, it explodes and lays dozens more mini-mines for the future.

I have known some people in life who are bittercress – Under pressure and ready to explode. May God come in tenderness, compassion, and power to defuse the bittercress of the world.