id strange plant
Two plants have just surfaced in my brother's garden in Brighton. They
seem to have germinated in recently laid gravel. I feel I ought to know them as they have a distinctive bud shape, reminiscent of okra. Can you identify please? Web page is http://www.lancedal.net/aga/strangeplant.htm Plant is flowering now. Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
In message , Janet Tweedy
writes Two plants have just surfaced in my brother's garden in Brighton. They seem to have germinated in recently laid gravel. I feel I ought to know them as they have a distinctive bud shape, reminiscent of okra. Can you identify please? Web page is http://www.lancedal.net/aga/strangeplant.htm Plant is flowering now. Janet I'd make it Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius. I haven't seen the plant in life, but it shows an obvious relationship to Goatsbeard, Tragopogon pratensis., Nowt to do with Okra. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley http://www.malvaceae.info |
In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley
writes In message , Janet Tweedy writes Two plants have just surfaced in my brother's garden in Brighton. They seem to have germinated in recently laid gravel. I feel I ought to know them as they have a distinctive bud shape, reminiscent of okra. Can you identify please? Web page is http://www.lancedal.net/aga/strangeplant.htm Plant is flowering now. Janet I'd make it Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius. I haven't seen the plant in life, but it shows an obvious relationship to Goatsbeard, Tragopogon pratensis., Nowt to do with Okra. Thanks Stewart. I knew it wasn't okra I just meant that the bud shape reminded me of the plant :) However looking at some of the images it certainly looks the same. I'll pass on the information to my brother. Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Janet Tweedy writes Two plants have just surfaced in my brother's garden in Brighton. They seem to have germinated in recently laid gravel. I feel I ought to know them as they have a distinctive bud shape, reminiscent of okra. Can you identify please? Web page is http://www.lancedal.net/aga/strangeplant.htm Plant is flowering now. Janet I'd make it Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius. I haven't seen the plant in life, but it shows an obvious relationship to Goatsbeard, Tragopogon pratensis., Nowt to do with Okra. Well guessed. I have never seen porrifolius but a quick google says you are right. Pratensis has yellow flowers but the buds have the same odd shape. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley http://www.malvaceae.info |
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