Re: plant ID
- Subject: Re: [SG] plant ID
- From: N* S*
- Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 14:13:15 -0400
Well, it's close but not quite. The foliage is in a mound, it's fernier
than the photos I see of rue anemone, and the flowers only have five petals
(the photos of anemonella show six petals). Maybe it's a variant, a
different species? Any other guesses?
Nancy Stedman, NYC, zone 6B
At 07:10 AM 5/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Nancy,
>Could it possibly be rue anemone (Anemonella thalictroides)? It is about
>4-6" tall has red stems, rose colored foilage and hepatica like flowers.
>Foliage sort of looks like meadowrue, which sort of looks like corydalis.
>Kay Dye, Edelstein, IL zone 5
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>n a message dated 5/9/02 9:24:08 AM Central Daylight Time, stedman@RCN.COM
>writes:
>
>
> > Wonder if anyone can help me with this. Last summer our community garden
> > received a grapefruit-spoonful (literally) of a plant that I assumed was
> > some kind of corydalis because of the leaves. I placed it with some soil in
> > a crevice of a boulder in the shade, and it grew and looked healthy. The
> > plant is now about six inches wide. I kept expecting to see some typical
> > corydalis blooms but last time I looked I was shocked to find mauve flowers
> > about one-half to three-quarter inches wide with five petals, arrayed the
> > same way as hepatica flowers. I'm stymied. Does anyone know what kind of
> > plant this is?
> >
