Re: [SG] Mystery Plant


A picture of 'cultivated' bachelor buttons.  Centaurea cyanus  at
http://st4.yahoo.com/seedsofchange/bacbut.html

Tansy is also sometimes called bachelor button.  Tansy looks much different.
Description at:
http://www.healthy.net/library/books/hoffman/materiamedica/tansy.htm.

Drawing of Tansy --  http://www.therepertoire.com/herbs/pictansy.htm

Hope this helps.  /dw





> -----Original Message-----
> From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
> venies.place
> Sent: May 16, 1999 4:51 PM
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: [SG] Mystery Plant
>
>
> I have this beautiful plant growing in my yard that just showed up out of
> nowhere!  Someone told me it is Bachelor's Button, but every
> picture I have
> ever seen of this plant doesn't fit.  Does anyone know of a picture
> somewhere on the Web of this plant?             I would appreciate it!
>
> Pottsey
> zone5, OH
>



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