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Old 14-09-2010, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley View Post


But what does "the leaves are umbel" mean?

I take that you translated it to palmate.
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No, not as straightforward as that. I thought "umbel .. umbrella ...is there any leaf that by some stretch of the imagination I could think of as umbrella-like". And the fact it has orange in its common name sounded promising. As you know, I'm a lot less precise than you when describing or identifying plants! Inspired guesswork rather than technical analysis ;-)
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