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What plant is invading me ?
On 2 Jun, 23:30, Sacha wrote:
On 2/6/08 20:22, in article , "Rob" wrote: On Jun 2, 7:22*pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: snip It's not one of the larger flowered ones (angustifolium and hirsutum). I'd guess that it's Epilobium montanum (broad-leaved willow-herb), as that's the commonest of the small-flowered species, but the books don't specifically mention is having vertically running ridges on the stem. The key characters for E. montanum are a four-lobed stigma, all stem leaves in pairs, and sessile (or at most shortly petiolate at the base).. E. lanceolatum (narrow-leaved willow-herb) also has a four-lobed stigma, but the upper leaves are alternate (borne singly), and the leaves are petiolate (stalked) and cuneate at the base. If it has a club-shaped stigma there's several possibilities. One feature worth checking is the number of vertically running ridges on the stem. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thank you all for your authoritative answers. Willow herb : that is the direction I will look in to try and pin it down a bit more. And refresh my botany terms . . . Rob Don't bother. *If it's a plant where you don't want it, pull it out! *;-)) -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.'- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does anybody grow the white-flowered Epilobium angustifolium? Is it as invasive as the pink-flowered one? |
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What plant is invading me ?
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, Ornata writes Does anybody grow the white-flowered Epilobium angustifolium? Is it as invasive as the pink-flowered one? Common wisdom is that the white-flowered version isn't invasive. There are two types of the pink-flowered version (diploid and tetraploid). Back in the 19th century rose-bay willow-herb wasn't invasive. I wonder if only one of the two types is invasive, and that type didn't occur in Britain until recently. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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