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Old 08-08-2004, 10:17 PM
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This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant and
asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help. It
looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter yellow
than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can be
viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing in
Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.

Can anyone offer an identification?

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Old 10-08-2004, 07:37 AM
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 20:17:55 GMT, "Douglas Bolt"
wrote:

This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant and
asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help. It
looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter yellow
than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can be
viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing in
Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.


It's been a while since I've seen one, but it kind of looks like a Jerusalem
Artichoke.


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Old 10-08-2004, 03:14 PM
Douglas Bolt
 
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Thanks, Jim.

I looked at a couple of pics of a JA plant at
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictu...-tuberosus.htm
and
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictu...uberosus-1.htm
.. The plants pictured look much healthier than the one my friend Rod
brought over, but the general characteristics look like a good match.
However, I'm surprised that he didn't run into some tubers when he dug it
up.

Thanks!
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 20:17:55 GMT, "Douglas Bolt"


wrote:

This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant

and
asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help.

It
looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter

yellow
than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can

be
viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing

in
Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.


It's been a while since I've seen one, but it kind of looks like a

Jerusalem
Artichoke.




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Old 10-08-2004, 10:49 PM
Jim Elbrecht
 
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"Douglas Bolt" wrote:

This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant and
asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help. It
looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter yellow
than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can be
viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing in
Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.


I'd vote for a white variety of 'sunflower'. Cook's Garden has one
they call "Italian White" --
http://cooksgarden.com/searchprods.a...pagenumber= 2

I don't know all the different varieties, but the only package of
'mixed' seeds I've ever been pleased with was Cook's "Music Box Mix"
of sunflowers. Never knew there was so much variety of sunflowers.

Jim
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