Re: Blue-flowered native of Israel? (Paracaryum)
- Subject: Re: Blue-flowered native of Israel? (Paracaryum)
- From: S* A* O*
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:00:21 -0700
At 02:14 PM 4/26/01 -0400, Ccopuntia@aol.com wrote:
>Along the lines of naming mystery plants, here's one I hope someone can
>help identify & provide some information. Recently I've seen a very
>pretty plant in a local nursery (grown by Do Right's in Southern
>California) which is labeled with the Latin name of Paracarym
>mediterranean. I've done a web search of the Latin name and got only one
>hit -- at least I found a reference to this name, but there was no
>information about the plant at all. One of the nursery people said the rep
>for Do Right's told him they thought it was a cross between a Myosotis and
>something else. The blue flowers look
>very forget-me-not like, but the foliage is entirely different, quite
>grey, with longish more lanceolate leaves (like it can take more
>sun). The whole plant is way more substantial in its stature and bulk
>than your garden variety Myosotis, looks like it will be a 2 foot X 2
>foot. Anybody heard of it? Lived or been to Israel and saw it growing
>there?
>
>Thanks!
The Checklist of Jordan Plants
(http://www.odu.edu/webroot/instr/sci/plant.nsf/pages/jordanchecklists) lists:
Paracaryum intermedium (Fresen.) Lipsky
Paracaryum rugulosum (DC.) Boiss.
The United Arab Emirates web site discusses P. intermedium as a 'tiny blue
borage' growing in the central Hajjar mountains near Hatta (Arabia?):
http://www.uaeinteract.com/uaeint_main/nature/plant/plt02.html
Arasi Lawrence Company, in their Weeds in Egypt, list both of these species:
http://www.arasi.freeservers.com/weedso+p.htm#p
I assume that your plant may be P. rugulosum, with nothing else to go on
but that it would seem NOT to be P. intermedium based upon the one citation
above. I am interested to see this in the trade - let me know if you find
that it becomes available locally!
Regards,
Sean O.
h o r t u l u s a p t u s - 'a garden suited to its purpose'
Seán A. O'Hara fax (707) 667-1173 sean.ohara@groupmail.com
710 Jean Street, Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
