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Pinkmoonshine
LONDON
United Kingdom
October 6, 2012 8:37 AM Post #9297421
| Hi
If anyone can please tell me what this plant is i would be very grateful!!!! I have looked on the internet and it seems to look like a poison ivy?? Its got white/purple flowers with four petals these seem to turn into a long seed sack thing, i put it in the sun and the pods broke open with mainly black, some white hard seeds, it has tiny hairs on stems and 3 leaves, if you need more pics just ask, thanks. P.S i've had it since tiny and its about 8-10wks old, it grew from a pot which had sat in light/dark for about 3mths i moved it into total darkness and about 12hrs later it was there about an 2 inch high!
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VineWorld
Syracuse, UT (Zone 7b)
October 6, 2012 8:58 AM Post #9297435
| I'm thinking something more in the Fabaceae family. |
plantfreak78
Rolesville, NC (Zone 7b)
October 6, 2012 11:00 AM Post #9297537
| Yep, definitely not poison ivy so at least you don't have to worry about that. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
October 6, 2012 12:21 PM Post #9297587
| agreed with VineWorld and plantfreak |
nel5397
Groveland, FL
October 6, 2012 1:10 PM Post #9297613
| it looks like a light deprived cleome. |
Pinkmoonshine
LONDON
United Kingdom
October 6, 2012 3:30 PM Post #9297689
| nel5397 i think you are right, its never really been in a well sunny area either i've looked at pics on the web and it looks like a cleome so thank you. Thank you all who took time to read my post and reply at least i know its safe! Thank you all. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
October 6, 2012 8:47 PM Post #9297979
| sorry I disagree with Cleome. I think if you refresh your memory of Cleome with these pics you will see why
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/309505/ |
Pinkmoonshine
LONDON
United Kingdom
October 6, 2012 11:26 PM Post #9298162
| Hi sallyg i have taken a look at your pic and i do see what you mean, the plant i have does go thinner at the top and when the flowers were out they only have 4 petals and they were white with a touch of purple. Could it be a Cleome but just light deprived like nel5397 says? It has been in an unlit place most its life! It gets light but i have to move it to get direct sun, i know nothing about plants so all your help is much appreciated, thanks. |
2vernes
Blytheville, AR (Zone 7a)
October 7, 2012 5:40 AM Post #9298248
| I'll have to vote for a light deprived cleome. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
October 7, 2012 12:00 PM Post #9298627
| Cleome pics I linked show six lobes or leaflets to a leaf, not three. Light deprivation doesn't cause the number of leaflets to change. (we may have a run-off, tee hee) |
purpleinopp
Opp, AL (Zone 8b)
October 8, 2012 8:23 AM Post #9299488
| Not familiar with other Cleome (besides hassleriana) but could it be one of the others? Or a C. hassleriana with immature foliage due to insufficient light? (If the juvenile leaves are even different, never paid enough attention to know & can't find a decent pics of anything but flowers.) |
esanita
TYASKIN, MD (Zone 7a)
October 8, 2012 1:55 PM Post #9299808
| The leaves are wrong for a cleome. It looks like some sort of bean plant. The flower description fits a bean.. I agree that it needs more sun. In any case, it sure isn't poison ivy. |
