Re: plant names
- Subject: Re: plant names
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 09:36:38 -0500
> This is the plant I was going to try to describe
> today. I was at a plant function last night and took a
> snipet of the flower with me. There was a potted one
> marked meadow rue. But that still leaves this other
> plant. The flower stalk is much thicker than the tall
> meadow rue. And there is only one flower per stem. The
> stem is not square so I know it is not in the mint
> family. The leaves are not rounded and lobed but lonng
> and thin. Reminding me of fringe.
Could it be Amsonia tabernaemontana?
http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H343.htm
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/wmiller/HORT300/plantlist3/sld004.htm
http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=AMTA2
There's also a 'var. salicifolia' that has narrower leaves.
Chris
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