Re: plant ID =? Westringia
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: plant ID =? Westringia
- From: R* F* D*
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 19:41:33 -0500 (EST)
At 02:15 PM 3/3/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Could it be Westringia ("Australian Rosemary")?
>
>Joe Seals,
>Santa Maria, CA
>North of Point Conception
Joe:
It is easy to tell if it is a Westringia - they have octagonal symmetry
(occassionally hexagonal) - 8 (6) vascular bundles. When they start out as
seedlings, I think they have the normal 4-fold (square) cross-section.
Every now and then, I get axillary growth on my Lamiaceae with 6-fold
symmetry, and it is only present for that stem. Does anyone know the
correct term for this behavior?
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 USA
336-674-3105
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