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plutodrive
Denver, CO
(Zone 5b)
July 05, 2009
09:30 PM Post #6782463
| This is growing in a rock or alpine garden in Denver Zone 5. The foliage is approximately 6" tall if I remember correctly. 
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plutodrive
Denver, CO
(Zone 5b)
July 07, 2009
08:06 PM Post #6790698
| Anyone? |
Malus2006
Coon Rapids, MN
(Zone 4a)
July 07, 2009
08:13 PM Post #6790730
| not a lot of alpine plant experts here - there are too many alpine plant species. |
plutodrive
Denver, CO
(Zone 5b)
July 07, 2009
08:22 PM Post #6790777
| Thanks for letting me know! |
Malus2006
Coon Rapids, MN
(Zone 4a)
July 07, 2009
08:28 PM Post #6790804
| Maybe you can train to be a alpine gardener expert here on dave's garden. The only thing I could tell you about this plant is that its in the daisy family (maybe closely releated to dandelions or false dandelions group)but the heavily haired gray leaves in a mound (obvious adaption to its alpine environment threw me off completely.) |
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)
July 07, 2009
08:29 PM Post #6790813
| we have an alpine forum on dg. they might be helpful if you post your picture there. here it is: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/alpine/all/
This message was edited Jul 7, 2009 8:31 PM |
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)
July 07, 2009
08:34 PM Post #6790838
| I was thinking it might be a Senecio of some sort but I could be waaay off with that wild guess!
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/b/Asteraceae/Senecio/none/c...
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plutodrive
Denver, CO
(Zone 5b)
July 07, 2009
08:34 PM Post #6790839
| Thanks guys. I'll call this solved and head over there. |
Malus2006
Coon Rapids, MN
(Zone 4a)
July 07, 2009
08:37 PM Post #6790854
| You are right - Senecio have a rather large number of alpine species - after all the dusty miller is a alpine species. |
plutodrive
Denver, CO
(Zone 5b)
July 07, 2009
08:49 PM Post #6790933
| It could very well be Senecio. The differences between the species is great. |
plutodrive
Denver, CO
(Zone 5b)
July 20, 2009
12:51 AM Post #6840264
| Just an update because you may find it of interest.
I emailed the Denver Botanic Gardens since I couldn't get an ID from the Rock and Alpine Gardening Forum. This is the information I received...
"Our ID from this photo, if you mean the grey woolly foliage with the yellow flowers, is Hieracium lanatum. On one website, it was listed as a “garden thug”, so I would suggest keeping it on the dry side."
Thanks for all of your help! I love all of the enthusiasm here on DG to identify our plants. And thanks too for the help of the DBG!
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altagardener
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3b)
July 20, 2009
01:24 AM Post #6840326
| Interesting! I did a google image search on hieracium but did not come across that one! I assume if it's like H. villosum and H. maculatum, that it's "thuggishness" comes from abundant seeding.
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Malus2006
Coon Rapids, MN
(Zone 4a)
July 20, 2009
04:21 PM Post #6842928
| (shaking head) that's alpine plants for you - in the mountain habitation that they grows, they can evolute to be very different from close species - I would never know that orange hawkweed is in the same genus. |
