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22-03-2012, 12:30 AM
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Ohio Wildflower? Mustard-like purple flower and escaped from garden leaves
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/7004255857
What's this baby, emerging in Central Ohio probably a couple weeks early. I don't find it in Newcomb's. Mustard-like flower but leaves all wrong for a mustard. -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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22-03-2012, 10:54 AM
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Ohio Wildflower? Mustard-like purple flower and escaped fromgarden leaves
On Mar 21, 8:30*pm, Ron Hardin wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/7004255857 What's this baby, emerging in Central Ohio probably a couple weeks early. I don't find it in Newcomb's. Mustard-like flower but leaves all wrong for a mustard. -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. It is Vinca minor. Here is a link to Ohio states page on V. minor. http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/tmi/plantlist/vi_minor.html |
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22-03-2012, 01:02 PM
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Ohio Wildflower? Mustard-like purple flower and escaped fromgarden leaves
Kenneth Ueckert wrote:
On Mar 21, 8:30 pm, Ron Hardin wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/7004255857 What's this baby, emerging in Central Ohio probably a couple weeks early. I don't find it in Newcomb's. Mustard-like flower but leaves all wrong for a mustard. -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. It is Vinca minor. Here is a link to Ohio states page on V. minor. http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/tmi/plantlist/vi_minor.html Myrtle was my first guess - other years http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/tags/myrtle but this baby has four petals not five, as do all its neighbors (not shown). The leaves are right for myrtle, though. Is four petals a variant? -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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22-03-2012, 01:21 PM
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Ohio Wildflower? Mustard-like purple flower and escaped fromgarden leaves
On Mar 22, 9:02*am, Ron Hardin wrote:
Kenneth Ueckert wrote: On Mar 21, 8:30 pm, Ron Hardin wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/7004255857 What's this baby, emerging in Central Ohio probably a couple weeks early. I don't find it in Newcomb's. Mustard-like flower but leaves all wrong for a mustard. -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. It is Vinca minor. Here is a link to Ohio states page on V. minor. http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/tmi/plantlist/vi_minor.html Myrtle was my first guess - other yearshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/tags/myrtle but this baby has four petals not five, as do all its neighbors (not shown). The leaves are right for myrtle, though. *Is four petals a variant? -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. Since carpel number takes precedence over petal number, without dissecting the flower it is impossible to say with certainty. However, I have seen a variation on occasion that results in a four petaled flower. |
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