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Old 18-08-2009, 12:56 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Stewart Robert Hinsley Stewart Robert Hinsley is offline
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Default not a Geum (ping Kay)

I was asking about a plant that I'd seen in a garden a while back. It
was suggested that it was a white form of Geum rivale. Kay convinced me
that it wasn't, but I was still willing to consider the possibility of
another species or hybrid of Geum. Kay also found what she thought was
the same growing wild on limestone in Yorkshire.

Subsequently I found a local site for Geum rivale, which confirmed for
me my belief that the habit was incorrect for this species.

On Sunday I revisited the garden, and found the plant in fruit. It has
fleshy fruits, and is obviously not a Geum. Related plants with fleshy
fruits are Fragaria and Rubus, but I don't find a good match in either
genus.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3832752847/ - receptacle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3833546562/ - fruit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3832752785/ - flower
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3832752717/ - flower/bud
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3833546480/ - flower

Anyone got any ideas?
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Stewart Robert Hinsley