Plant and Tree Identification: A few straggling unidentified plants

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Author Content Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:10 PM Post #1219701 All these are growing in zone 9a, Phoenix, Arizona. 01. Blooming in the Fall This message was edited Jan 3, 2005 7:08 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:11 PM Post #1219702 02a Winter Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:12 PM Post #1219704 02b Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:12 PM Post #1219707 03 Growing indoors. Bromeliad. which one? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:13 PM Post #1219708 04 Growing indoors. Bromeliad. which one? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:13 PM Post #1219709 05 Growing indoors. Bromeliad. which one? SOLVED: Bromeliad 'Marjan' This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 11:33 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:14 PM Post #1219711 06a SOLVED: Medicago polymorpha (bur Clover) This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 10:05 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:14 PM Post #1219712 06b SOLVED: Medicago polymorpha (bur Clover) This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 10:05 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:15 PM Post #1219714 07a Winter grower Chenopodium murale, (Green fat hen, Net leaf goose foot) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:38 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:16 PM Post #1219717 07b Winter grower Chenopodium murale, (Green fat hen, Net leaf goose foot) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:38 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:16 PM Post #1219718 08a Autumn bloom Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:17 PM Post #1219722 08b Autumn bloom Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:17 PM Post #1219725 09 The beginning of a tall bloom stalk. Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:18 PM Post #1219727 09b Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:18 PM Post #1219729 10a Winter grower. Heart shaped seed pod. Capsella bursa-pastoris, Shepherd's Purse: SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:35 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:19 PM Post #1219732 10b Capsella bursa-pastoris, Shepherd's Purse: SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:36 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:19 PM Post #1219733 10c Capsella bursa-pastoris, Shepherd's Purse: SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:37 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:20 PM Post #1219734 11a Ironwood of some type. which one? SOLVED: Ironwood - Olneya tesota This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 11:30 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:21 PM Post #1219735 11b. SOLVED: Ironwood - Olneya tesota This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 11:31 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:21 PM Post #1219740 11c. SOLVED: Ironwood - Olneya tesota This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 11:31 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:22 PM Post #1219742 12 Mammillaria? Which one? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:23 PM Post #1219746 13a Potentially large Trichocereus [Echinopsis]. Which one? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:23 PM Post #1219748 13b bud Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:24 PM Post #1219749 14 Mammillaria unknown, or is it Coryphantha? This message was edited Jan 3, 2005 7:38 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:25 PM Post #1219750 15a Currently growing. wintertime Erodium cicutarium (Filaree, Redstem Stork's-bill) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:43 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:25 PM Post #1219751 15b Erodium cicutarium (Filaree, Redstem Stork's-bill) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:42 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:26 PM Post #1219753 16. Mammillaria Blooming in Fall, which one? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:27 PM Post #1219755 17. SOLVED: Cylindropuntis arbuscula This message was edited Jan 11, 2005 7:44 AM This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 11:35 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:27 PM Post #1219756 18a. Currently growing. Winter. Sisymbrium irio (London Rocket) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:52 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:28 PM Post #1219757 18b Sisymbrium irio (London Rocket) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 1:53 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:29 PM Post #1219758 19. Lycoris radiata: SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 10:34 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:29 PM Post #1219761 20. Orchid? which one? SOLVED: Orchid Tree - Bauhinia purpurea This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 11:37 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:30 PM Post #1219763 21a. Dracena(dracaena) marginata SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 2:13 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:30 PM Post #1219766 21b. Dracena(dracaena) marginata SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 2:14 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:31 PM Post #1219769 22a Blooming in Fall, late October SOLVED: Slipper Plant (Pedilanthus macrocarpus) This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 11:39 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:32 PM Post #1219770 22b SOLVED: Slipper Plant (Pedilanthus macrocarpus) This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 11:40 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:32 PM Post #1219771 23. Shamrock? Fall, Late October Oxalis articulata (Pink Sorrel) or (Shamrock) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 3:30 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:33 PM Post #1219773 24a. Red buds/flower on a tree in Fall, late October. Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:33 PM Post #1219774 24b Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:34 PM Post #1219776 25 Late fall, early winter Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:35 PM Post #1219780 26a. Growing in Fall, Late October. Leaves are not as thick and juicy as the wild type of Portulaca oleracea Leaves are different than Portulaca pilosa. No milky sap when broken. growing wild. SOLVED Trianthema portulacastrum (Horse purslane) This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 4:06 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:35 PM Post #1219781 26b SOLVED Trianthema portulacastrum (Horse purslane) This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 4:07 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:36 PM Post #1219784 27. Leaves are different than Lactuca serriola & Sonchus arvensis. missed the flowers. Late Summer/Early Fall Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:37 PM Post #1219786 28a. Yellow Burro? SOLVED: Jimmyweed - Isocoma wrightii This message was edited Aug 24, 2006 1:07 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:38 PM Post #1219789 28b SOLVED: Jimmyweed - Isocoma wrightii This message was edited Aug 24, 2006 1:08 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:38 PM Post #1219790 28c SOLVED: Jimmyweed - Isocoma wrightii This message was edited Aug 24, 2006 1:08 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:39 PM Post #1219792 29a Encelia farinosa (White Brittlebush) SOLVED Early winter flowering. This message was edited Jan 12, 2005 12:04 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:40 PM Post #1219795 29b Encelia farinosa (White Brittlebush) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 12, 2005 12:05 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:40 PM Post #1219797 29c Encelia farinosa (White Brittlebush) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 12, 2005 12:06 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:41 PM Post #1219801 30a. Early Winter flowering SOLVED: Leucophyllum frutescens This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 12:09 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:42 PM Post #1219803 30b. SOLVED: Leucophyllum frutescens This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 12:09 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:43 PM Post #1219805 31a. Sphaeralcea sp. [Half Solved] This message was edited Jan 12, 2005 1:18 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:44 PM Post #1219808 31b, closeup of leaves. Sphaeralcea sp. [Half Solved] This message was edited Jan 12, 2005 1:19 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:45 PM Post #1219812 32a. SOLVED: Echinopsis candicans This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 12:16 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:45 PM Post #1219814 32b SOLVED: Echinopsis candicans This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 12:16 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:46 PM Post #1219816 33a Labeled Echinopsis saltensis, but it does not match the photo or description in my book. Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:47 PM Post #1219818 33b Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:48 PM Post #1219819 34, Ball Cactus (Parodia [Notocactus] magnifica) SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 10:36 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:48 PM Post #1219822 35. Grapefruit I've been eating for years from my old Citrus garden. If I leave these on the tree a few more months, They will get a little red/orange tinge on the outside and pinkish on the inside. Which cultivar? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:49 PM Post #1219824 36a We always called them 'juicing oranges'. The peel is thinner and not as easy to peel as the thicker-peeled oranges. Mine is sweet and looks like this link below, but it dosen't have a navel. Sweet Orange, Navel Orange 'Washington' Citrus sinensis http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/11975/ I was also looking at: Valencia Orange Tree 'Campbell Valencia' Citrus sinensis http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54408/index.html What is it? This message was edited Jan 12, 2005 1:20 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:50 PM Post #1219826 36b Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:52 PM Post #1219827 37 SOLVED: Harrisia 'Jusbertii' This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 12:18 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:52 PM Post #1219828 38. 2 palms trees. SOLVED: Washingtonia filifera & Washingtonia robusta This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 12:20 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:53 PM Post #1219831 39 Coryphantha what? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:54 PM Post #1219834 40. A delicate thin cactus. Rhipsalis? This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 12:20 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:55 PM Post #1219835 41. Sedum morganianum (Burro's Tail) SOLVED. This message was edited Jan 12, 2005 1:36 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:56 PM Post #1219838 42. Euphorbia trigona: SOLVED This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 10:38 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:57 PM Post #1219839 43. Monadenium sp. [half solved] This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 10:39 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:57 PM Post #1219841 44a Selenicereus? This message was edited Jan 11, 2005 7:56 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:58 PM Post #1219843 44b Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:59 PM Post #1219846 45 Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 08:59 PM Post #1219848 46a Selenicereus? This message was edited Jan 11, 2005 11:25 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:00 PM Post #1219849 46b. Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:01 PM Post #1219851 46c. Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:02 PM Post #1219852 47. Echinopsis [trichocereus] Anyone have one just like this with an identical spine array? or know which species or hybrid it is? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:03 PM Post #1219853 48a. Eriocereus? Selenicereus? Monvillia? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:04 PM Post #1219855 48b Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:04 PM Post #1219859 49 Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:05 PM Post #1219860 50 Exquisite agave, which one? Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:06 PM Post #1219861 51. Mammillaria what? Late summer. Click the image for an enlarged view. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 03, 2005 09:07 PM Post #1219862 52. This is Opuntia microdasys. Question is, What is the forma name? (It's not a monstrose) Notice it has three planes or sides. This message was edited Feb 25, 2005 3:31 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. judyb Phoenix, AZ (Zone 9a) January 03, 2005 11:45 PM Post #1220123 No. 2 looks like a real good stand of wild mustard (Brassica sp) 7 might be ragweed 10 is shepherd's purse 15 is Filaree 18 wild mustard 21 is Dracena 22 Lady's slipper euphorbia? 25 is Canna 27 is Knapweed 29 looks like Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) 31 Sphaeralcea sp? 41 is burro tail or is it donkey tail 50 looks like Agave parryi That's all I can figure out right at the moment - and they may not all be right. crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) January 04, 2005 02:27 AM Post #1220229 07 looks like a Chenopodium sp. AKA goosefoot, pigweed (emphasis on the WEED) -- however, if you or someone *planted* it, it could be epazote, an herb used in Mexican cooking, in the same genus. Try C.watsonii http://ag.arizona.edu/herbarium/floras/SAWPAGES/photos/Chenw... said to be ill-scented and like to grow under Palo Verde trees. 10 -- Capsella bursa-pastoris, Shepherd's Purse (a Brassicaceae, Mustard family). Considered a noxious weed in Colorado. http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=5207 1611 ... 15 -- Erodium cicutarium, Filaree (a Geraniaceae). http://www.nazflora.org/Erodium_cicutarium.htm 18 -- another Brassicaceae weed, -- suggest Sisymbrium irio, London Rocket (name comes up is several AZ documents). http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000 0000 ... 20 -- Bauhinia leaves -- Several (to many) Bauhinia species have common name 'orchid trees' but not at all related to orchids. If your plant is trailing/climbing, as the pic rather looks, Bauhinia corymbosa and B.yunnanensis (no pic) are the only ones in PlantFiles, http://davesgarden.com/pf/search.php?search_text=bauhinia&su... but I found another on the Web: B.cateriflora http://natureproducts.net/Forest_Products/Leguminosae/Bauhin... but it looks like they are only now trying to establish a market for this one, from Viet Nam, so seems unlikely you have it yet. There is another vining sp. in Costa Rica, B.glabra, but I found no reference to it as anything but jungle flora. 22 I think those are seedpods not buds/blooms... 23 -- Oxalis articulata, Pink Sorrel. A troublesome invader or a lovely pretty little shamrock plant, depending on who you listen to... http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/64355/index.html 25 a Canna "lily" -- did you want to know which one?? (not from me...) 26 -- Trianthema portulacastrum, horse purslane. Considered an invasive weed by Southern Weed Science Society (based in Illinois). http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/images/database/pages/Imgf2070.h... 27 Man, that is one nasty looking weed. Looking to populate the state of AZ. 28 a Rabbitbrush; I suggest Ericameria viscidiflora (formerly Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) over E.nauseosa (formerly C.nauseosus) by width of leaves. http://ghs.gresham.k12.or.us/science/ps/nature/basin/sun/shr... (Click on "Goldenweeds and..." at top of page to find the second to compare... the "leaves" are more like thick hairs on E.nauseosa (3mm or less). Although the full-bush pic looks pretty gray (they are AKA green and gray rabbitbrush, respectively); check again in spring, see if it greens up. 29 -- Encelia farinosa, White Brittlebush... there are probably subspecies, but I think yours just looks spindly in the flower because it's not really in full bloom, just confused by this winter! (It's a spring-bloomer.) http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000 0000 ... See, your disk flowers are still all tight, they will open and fuzz up like the center one in this pic: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000 0000 ... A bush in FULL bloom: http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000 0000 ... Sometimes the flowers stand up again as tall as the bush and sometimes they appear to have brown "eyes" -- subspecies? or just variation? http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000 0000 ... Also called Incienso because the monks used its dried sap as incense. Anyway -- re: 28, 29 -- you're not from around here (there) are you? (That is to say, these two are very common throughout the hot dry west, and the rabbitbrush even where it freezes hard.) Whew, 31 looks SO familiar -- ask Blooms, we just go crazy trying to identify plants "out of season" (i.e. when not blooming, sometimes even when no leaves on 'em) -- could this be a Sphaeralcea, a globe mallow? Go back in the spring for flower pics to tie down which one, I think your leaves are S.ambigua but wouldn't it be neat if you had the rosacea variety?!! pink flowers! http://www.tcbmed.com/PlantPics/Sphaeralcea.JPG That's enough for one night! I don't "do" cactus anyway... but have to ask, what is the scale on #30??? Your camera is so good, you need to put in something (your thumb?) for scale! ~'spin!~ This message was edited Jan 3, 2005 11:49 PM htop San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) January 04, 2005 05:00 AM Post #1220282 19 Spider Lily (Lycoris radiata)? http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/2109/index.html This message was edited Jan 4, 2005 5:55 AM bootandall Blenheim New Zealand January 04, 2005 06:43 AM Post #1220310 that is not a few,.too much for me. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 04, 2005 10:15 AM Post #1220707 Crystalspin, Scale on #30b is about 3x. macro. crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) January 04, 2005 01:01 PM Post #1220971 Meaning the flower is??? 1cm/half-inch? Thanks, htop, I meant to say "That's no onion!" -- Lycoris radiata is not native, BTW, Xeno. Your 'burro-tail' is Sedum morganiuanum. This query is rather a screen full -- next time you might break them up into theme groups, like: Cactaceae (and euphorbs, etc), houseplants, trees, wildflowers, weeds. And put in a scale if you're switching back and forth from wide-screen to macro! Be fair to us! ;-) Scrolling up and down to get the numbers, etc, probably discouraged more than bootandall! ~'spin!~ crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) January 04, 2005 01:23 PM Post #1221014 Also meant to say, Judy may be right about #7, ragweed (Ambrosia) instead of pigweed... note their common suffix... it could even be immature cocklebur: http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/other-plants/plant09.ht... NOT a keeper, whichever! ~'spin!~ Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 04, 2005 02:27 PM Post #1221120 #30 flower is about an inch or inch+quarter across. #15a, 4-5 inches across. Yes, next time I want to finish up all the stragglers, I'll separate into groups. This just made more sense than 52 different threads at the time. :-). But thanks for looking, :-) I've my homework cut out for me, I'm going to research all these good leads. kennedyh Churchill, Victoria Australia (Zone 10a) January 04, 2005 08:17 PM Post #1221584 Your number 6, the Trifolium species is not a clover at all, it is a Medick, a Medicago species. You can tell by the spikey looking stipules at the bases of the leaves. crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) January 04, 2005 08:34 PM Post #1221624 Nice, ken'! ~'spin!~ Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 04, 2005 09:13 PM Post #1221689 kennedyh, lol, maybe that why I didn't find it under that name :) Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 05, 2005 04:54 AM Post #1222079 A few updates... 02. wild mustard? Brassica sp. [searched, didnt find any leaves like mine in a Brassica search] 06. Out of these species of Medicago http://www.uib.es/depart/dba/botanica/herbari/generes/Medica... I choose M. polymorpha (Bur clover) another link: http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowalt/Medicago_polymorpha_... Solved. Thanks Ken. 19. Lycoris radiata, Solved 34. Ball Cactus (Parodia [Notocactus] magnifica) Solved. 42. Euphorbia trigona. Solved 43. Monadenium sp. I'll look at the others later. Thanks, so far. kennedyh Churchill, Victoria Australia (Zone 10a) January 05, 2005 06:55 AM Post #1222115 I agree with you on Medicago polymorpha for # 6, which my books call Fimbriate Medick. I was going to post it, but you beat me to it lol Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 05, 2005 03:29 PM Post #1222864 #7 Chenopodium murale, looks like the one. (Green fat hen, Net leaf goose foot) http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/600max/html/starr_... http://www.uib.es/depart/dba/botanica/herbari/generes/Chenop... http://www.dijon.inra.fr/malherbo/phototheque/photos/photos-... It's growing wild along the fence, probably planted by a bird. :-) I agree on: #10 Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's Purse) #15 Erodium cicutarium (Filaree, Redstem Stork's-bill) #18 Sisymbrium irio (London Rocket) http://www.timetotrack.com/jay/mustrdsi.htm #21 Dracena(dracaena) marginata #23 Oxalis articulata (Pink Sorrel) #26 Trianthema portulacastrum (Horse purslane) #29 Encelia farinosa (White Brittlebush) #41 Sedum morganianum (Burro's Tail) Crystalspin, On #20, the person that is growing this, is Vietnamese, and has been known to bring plants/seeds over from the Orient before. (what a coincidence) but I'm not sure they brought this specific plant or seed over. #20 searched through a bunch of species, closest looking leaves I found was B. purpurea & B. galpinii I'll wait for flowers on this one. Bauhinia purpurea {rather close] http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/45749/ http://www.hear.org/pier/imagepages/singles/vchr_bish_653520... http://www.hear.org/pier/imagepages/singles/bapurp10.htm http://www.hamshahri.org/hamnews/1378/780530/p16-1.jpg http://www.mujweb.cz/www/dendrologie/Obrazky19/Bauhinia purp...).jpg Bauhinia galpinii {rather close] http://www.flora-toskana.de/Pflanzensortiment/bauhinia_galpi... #22 Slipper plant, was my first thought also, but growth habits are different than this one http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/73205/index.html This message was edited Jan 12, 2005 1:35 AM Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 05, 2005 05:40 PM Post #1223053 Whatever they are...lol, flowers/buds/seeds, etc Here's some closeups of #24 A relatively young tree. Click the image for an enlarged view. crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) January 05, 2005 05:47 PM Post #1223066 Ha ha, and I thought coming from VietNam and not being in the common GC market made it an impossibly long-shot! Not in this small world, I guess! Glad you can return / keep an eye on it for the flowers. I think there are several similar-flowering species, but if it's a rare one from VN -- looks quite different AND beautiful! Be sure to post pics when it flowers! So what is the history/provenance of # 30? It looks sorta Gesneriad/Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family) but I do NOT see any that are native to Arizona... How big is the plant/bush? ~'spin!~ This message was edited Jan 5, 2005 4:25 PM Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 05, 2005 06:13 PM Post #1223107 #30, It just dawned on me, I've seen that flower before, and is probably one of the 'Leucophyllum frutescens' . With the winter leaf color. crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) January 05, 2005 07:25 PM Post #1223203 Scrophulariaceae was my other choice! But abandoned when all I could pull up were monkeyflowers and ones that have "beaks" radiating from a spire/spike like Scutellaria or snapdragons. And, it is not native? though I guess a common ornamental in Phoenix and Tucson areas. You weren't by chance at Glendale Xeriscape Botanical Garden? They have Leucophyllum frutescens "Green Cloud" to 8'x8', rangy. http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/glendalelibrary/images/Leucophy... and L.laevigatum, Chihuahuan Rain Sage, 4'h x 5'w, relaxed spiky form. http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/glendalelibrary/images/Leucophy... Another one that seems to have flower color more like yours is L.frutescens 'Compacta' dense and round to 5'x5'. http://www.mswn.com/images/Leucophyllum_frutescens_Compacta-... Pretty sad looking Texas Ranger! (compare to pics!) But, it's only s'posed to bloom in hot summer monsoon season! That's why they call them "Texas Barometers". Yours is confused! ~'spin!~ Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 05, 2005 09:55 PM Post #1223391 Nope, this L. frutescens is at a local city park., And our weather is/was weird. I'll look closer at those different types. And probably go back in the spring/summer, I go by that park often. crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) January 05, 2005 10:14 PM Post #1223421 This site has even more than the Glendale Library's (maricopa-edu that is) -- in fact I think the Glendale BG borrowed the wording of their descriptions straight from here: http://www.mswn.com/MSWNlovethoseleucophyllums.htm Actually, I love them too! ~'spin!~ htop San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) January 09, 2005 03:18 AM Post #1229135 #53 Possibly one of these that are the most available at garden centers (difficult to identify because of the variation in color maturity: Guzmania 'Samba' http://www.giardinaggio.it/appartamento/singolepiante/guzman... http://www.parkerplants.com/productsandservices/BromeliadGuz... Guzmania 'Marjan' http://www.kb-inc.com/BR_17.htm http://www.kb-inc.com/BR_01.htm http://www.cpo.org.br/Guzmania_Marjan_01.html http://www.horticulturalsales.com/sys-tmpl/bromeliads2/view... http://www.hawaii-island.com/flowers/~marjan.htm http://www.foliagegarden.com/store/bromeliadmarjan.html http://www.botanicus.com/BotanicusWNY/products/flowering_pla... This message was edited Jan 9, 2005 2:36 AM Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 09, 2005 07:15 PM Post #1230135 ok, htop, thanks for the searchin'. I did some looking in the PF also and came up with some possibilities on these Bromeliads. I'll see if I can sort them out somehow and make a decision. Xenomorf Valley of the Sun, AZ (Zone 9b) January 12, 2005 01:50 AM Post #1233875 On #28 Ericameria viscidiflora leaves are to narrow. Ericameria nauseosa leaves are too wide. Ericameria bloomeri leaves are just right, but the flowers are different.. http://ghs.gresham.k12.or.us/science/ps/nature/basin/sun/shr... In a book I have, it looks alot like "Jimmyweed - Isocoma wrightii" This message was edited Aug 24, 2006 12:55 PM

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