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[Myrmecodia]

Can anyone I.D. this plant that appeared in our woodland garden in
central North Carolina?

http://nickplummer.home.att.net/unk2.jpg -- Flowers
http://nickplummer.home.att.net/unk3.jpg -- leaf

The plant produced a rosette of leaves last year, vanished during the
winter, and reappeared with a 3-4 foot stem this year. It gets some
sun around mid-day but is otherwise shaded by mature deciduous trees.
I have no idea whether it is a wildflower or an escaped garden
variety.

I suspect it might be a Campanula or something similar, but I can't
find anything that matches exactly.

Thanks.

[Twobtold]

>From: (Myrmecodia)



>Can anyone I.D. this plant that appeared in our woodland garden in
>central North Carolina?
>
>http://nickplummer.home.att.net/unk2.jpg -- Flowers
>http://nickplummer.home.att.net/unk3.jpg -- leaf

Looks loke Campanula rapunculoides

[gregpresley]

It looks like campanula rampunculoides to me too. If that is the case,
ERADICATE ERADICATE ERADICATE!
Its nickname is "cancer of the garden", because it spreads from the tiniest
fragment of root when you attempt to pull it up. The main root is a long
white root, something like a small parsnip - but it will send out long
exploratory fibrous roots in any direction to shoot up another stalk.
"Twobtold" > wrote in message
...
>
> >From: (Myrmecodia)
>
>
>
> >Can anyone I.D. this plant that appeared in our woodland garden in
> >central North Carolina?
> >
> >http://nickplummer.home.att.net/unk2.jpg -- Flowers
> >http://nickplummer.home.att.net/unk3.jpg -- leaf
>
> Looks loke Campanula rapunculoides

[Myrmecodia]

"gregpresley" > wrote in message >...
> "Twobtold" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Looks loke Campanula rapunculoides
>
> It looks like campanula rampunculoides to me too. If that is the case,
> ERADICATE ERADICATE ERADICATE!
> Its nickname is "cancer of the garden", because it spreads from the tiniest
> fragment of root when you attempt to pull it up. The main root is a long
> white root, something like a small parsnip - but it will send out long
> exploratory fibrous roots in any direction to shoot up another stalk.

Thanks for the information. Most of the photos I found of C.
rapunculoides showed leaves with much smaller "teeth" than our plant.
Is that a variable trait? If it is C. rapunculoides, I'll certainly
try to eradicate it. I wouldn't want it to choke out the Tipularia
discolor and Stylophorum diphyllum

[Myrmecodia]

"gregpresley" > wrote in message >...
> It looks like campanula rampunculoides to me too. If that is the case,
> ERADICATE ERADICATE ERADICATE!

I just looked at some more pics of Campanula rapunculoides. They all
show a plant with flowers widely spaced on a long terminal
inflorescence. My plant has flowers in clusters at the leaf axils
along the length of the stem.

[gregpresley]

As another option, how about campanula trachelium - here's one pic - the
leaves do look more similar to your picture than rampunculoides
http://www.floracyberia.net/spermatophyta/angiospermae/dicotyledoneae/campan
ulaceae/campanula_trachelium.html
"gregpresley" > wrote in message
...
> It looks like campanula rampunculoides to me too. If that is the case,
> ERADICATE ERADICATE ERADICATE!
> Its nickname is "cancer of the garden", because it spreads from the
tiniest
> fragment of root when you attempt to pull it up. The main root is a long
> white root, something like a small parsnip - but it will send out long
> exploratory fibrous roots in any direction to shoot up another stalk.
> "Twobtold" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > >From: (Myrmecodia)
> >
> >
> >
> > >Can anyone I.D. this plant that appeared in our woodland garden in
> > >central North Carolina?
> > >
> > >http://nickplummer.home.att.net/unk2.jpg -- Flowers
> > >http://nickplummer.home.att.net/unk3.jpg -- leaf
> >
> > Looks loke Campanula rapunculoides
>
>

[Myrmecodia]

"gregpresley" > wrote in message >...
> As another option, how about campanula trachelium - here's one pic - the
> leaves do look more similar to your picture than rampunculoides
> http://www.floracyberia.net/spermatophyta/angiospermae/dicotyledoneae/campan
> ulaceae/campanula_trachelium.html

I think that may be it! C. trachelium is a much better match. I see
that the common name is "nettle-leaved bellflower," and the leaves of
our plant do look rather like a nettle. The flowering habit seems to
match, too. Must be a garden escapee, I suppose.

If it isn't C. trachelium it must be something closely related.

Thanks for your help.

Nick