Re: chelone

In a message dated 2/7/2002 12:42:07 PM Central Standard Time, Cersgarden@aol.com writes:


. I have either lyonii or obliqua.


The glabra or oliqua has long thin leaves and is a spreader, the lyonii have broader leaves that are not as long as obliqua- there may also be hybrids too.

For me the lyonii and the glabra forms do not spread but clump up reasonable well.
There are I believe four species:

glabra - white flowers with long to ovate leaves, plants grow 3 feet tall. There are a number of different subspecies with different colored flowers and shaped leaves.

obliqua -- 2-4 feet tall with long lance shaped leaves with coarse toothed edges.  Purple-to purple red flowers.  And I am sure white flowering forms too.

cuthbertii -- I think this is still a valid species- a plant found growing in swampy woods and bogs of VA to North Carolina.  Violet-purple flowers, 12-36 inches tall.  Flowers are packed into tight clusters at the top of the stems and looks just like "Hot Lips" the leaves are variable from lance shaped to lance-oblong.  Flowers are 3/4-to almost 1 inch long. this species has sessile leaves-that is no petioles (stems) the other two listed above have petioles. Any one growing this plant?

lyonii -- has broad ovate leaves that have a rounded shape, with well developed petioles (stems for the leaves) native from the mountains of the Carolinas and Tennessee takes dryer soils than the others listed above.

Paul
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