RE: Musschia wollastonii
- Subject: RE: Musschia wollastonii
- From: J* D*
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 12:14:45 -0700 (PDT)
It's campanulaceae, and I think it might be
"wollastoni." Annie may be the first around the SF Bay
Area to be growing it. Can't wait to see it "in
person."
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- Loren Russell <loren@peak.org> wrote:
> Nick: What family??? Is this related to, or a
> segregate of a
> better-known genus? It's a good idea to tell us
> that for any
> little-known or narrowly-endemic genus. I think I
> can picture the
> rosette, but I don't know if I should attach
> campanula or borage or
> daisy flowers at the top!
>
> loren russell, corvallis, oregon
>
> On Wed, 22 May 2002, Nicholas Turland wrote:
>
> > Yes, Musschia wollastonii is seriously cool. It
> makes a giant rosette of
> > long, luxuriant, serrated leaves elevated on a
> stem up to 3 feet tall. The
> > reddish or brownish flowers are in a huge,
> branching, pyramidal mass that
> > eventually develops from the top of the rosette.
> After the plant has set
> > seed (millions of them), it dies. It's a very
> architectural plant.
> >
> > The genus has another species, also endemic to
> Madeira: Musschia aurea. It
> > is a smaller plant of sunnier, drier cliffs, with
> glossy leaves, bright
> > yellow flowers, and a more perennial lifespan.
>
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