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Please help identify two plants
I am working with my daughter (5th grade), to complete a science project,
where she has collected a number of plants from the area (central California), and is identifying then and describing their characteristics. There are two that I recognize as very common native plants, but simply cannot remember their names! Could someone please look at the three pictures I have posted on one of my web sites, and help i.d. them? http://www.AdvanceAssociates.com/images/05180022.JPG and http://www.AdvanceAssociates.com/images/05180024.JPG are one plant, http://www.AdvanceAssociates.com/images/05180029.JPG is the other. Thanks! Dave Bell (remove the obvious from my email address or reply to the group) |
Please help identify two plants
I am working with my daughter (5th grade), to complete a science project,
This always rattles my chain. If it is your daughter's project, she should be doing the work. If she is of normal intelligence and cannot complete the project without adult help, then it is not an appropriate 5th grade homework project, or it needs to be completed in school, & you should tell the teacher. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
Please help identify two plants
On Tue, 20 May 2003, mel turner wrote:
I am working with my daughter (5th grade), to complete a science project, There are two that I recognize as very common native plants, but simply _Anagallis arvensis_ [family Primulaceae]. Better known as "scarlet pimpernel". [not native to California] Erodium sp. [family Geraniaceae] Called "cranesbill" or "filaree" [More than one species are often weedy in California. Also not a California native] Best wishes for her project. cheers Thank you very much for your help, Mel! I'll have her check out those sites, as well. I'm not surprised they aren't native; I've seen them all my life, and never realized they were imports... Dave |
Please help identify two plants
Anagallis arvensis_ [family Primulaceae]. Better known as "scarlet
pimpernel". It is originally from Europe. Remember the book, and the film with Danny Kaye? It's a little cutie, but unfortunately it is an annual and does not take to captivity. The normal color is orange, hence the common name. There is also a blue form, which is even prettier. Also unfortunately, in downtown Syracuse near the hospitals, it is very widespread, but the two forms interbreed, producing a muddy lavender. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
Please help identify two plants
On 20 May 2003, Iris Cohen wrote:
Anagallis arvensis_ [family Primulaceae]. Better known as "scarlet pimpernel". It is originally from Europe. Remember the book, and the film with Danny Kaye? "The Court Jester" - Yea, verily yea! Though that was the Purple Pimpernel - likely one of those cross-breeds... Dave It's a little cutie, but unfortunately it is an annual and does not take to captivity. The normal color is orange, hence the common name. There is also a blue form, which is even prettier. Also unfortunately, in downtown Syracuse near the hospitals, it is very widespread, but the two forms interbreed, producing a muddy lavender. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
Please help identify two plants
"Iris Cohen" wrote in message ... Anagallis arvensis_ [family Primulaceae]. Better known as "scarlet pimpernel". It is originally from Europe. Remember the book, and the film with Danny Kaye? It's a little cutie, but unfortunately it is an annual and does not take to captivity. The normal color is orange, hence the common name. There is also a blue form, which is even prettier. Two blue forms, in fact. One is a separate subspecies (ssp. foemina) which always seems to be blue, and has morphological differences in the corolla-lobe; and the other is a blue colour variety of ssp. arvensis. Also unfortunately, in downtown Syracuse near the hospitals, it is very widespread, but the two forms interbreed, producing a muddy lavender. The lavender or pinkish form is usually written down as a variety of ssp. arvensis, but I didn't know it was a product of hybridization. In the UK I've seen this more often than either of the blue plants, which is still 'very rarely'. There's also said to be a white form, which I've never seen. ssp. foemina is much commoner farther S in Europe. |
Please help identify two plants
From: (Iris Cohen)
I am working with my daughter (5th grade), to complete a science project, This always rattles my chain. If it is your daughter's project, she should be doing the work. If she is of normal intelligence and cannot complete the project without adult help, then it is not an appropriate 5th grade homework project, or it needs to be completed in school, & you should tell the teacher. On her side, 11 year old girls are often too embarrased to ask advice from strangers. Sean -- Visit my photolog page; http://members.aol.com/grommit383/myhomepage Last updated 08-04-02 with 15 pictures of the Aztec Ruins. Address mungled. To email, please spite my face. |
Please help identify two plants
On her side, 11 year old girls are often too embarrassed to ask advice from
strangers. Not my point. If she needs to ask for help, it should be from her teacher or the school librarian, hardly strangers. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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