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Old 05-08-2010, 01:39 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Thdaoub wrote:
'David Hare-Scott[_2_ Wrote:
;896192']Nelly wrote:-
"Blackmirror" wrote in
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Hello i have been trying to identify this for ages

its getting rather tall lol


[image:
http://tinyurl.com/3738v8e

[image:
http://tinyurl.com/34aadp9

[image:
http://tinyurl.com/36xtr27

thanks for any help
if its a weed its a cracker lol




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Blackmirror-

How long is "ages"?
Because to me it looks like a sunflower. They are annuals and so
don't live for "ages".-

I agree, some kind of helianthus (sunflower), possibly a Jerusalem
artichoke. there are about a dozen sorts.

David


Wow, how can you find so many links?


I'm not sure what the question is.

If you mean links that identify the genus it's just how they look. Use
google images and search on helianthus and you will see they all look quite
similar.

If you mean how do you find so many links to the different species you can
start with wikipedia which has much of the botanical naming hierarchy and at
least the names (if not details) of each species within genus, each genus
within family etc. There are other web sites that have the hierarchy too.

David