User blog comment:EffieLuna/My Life as a Mockingeek/@comment-3532644-20110628150021

Actually, Katniss is a plant, but it's a nickname. The plant's real name is Sagitarria (sp?) It makes an ironic connection, because.....

Katniss - sagitarria - sagitarius - the archer - archery - Katniss.

I bet you Collins didn't even notice that. I think too hard sometimes.