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passiflora_pink
Indian Springs, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 22, 2008
5:29 PM Post #5303331
| It is so common I am sure someone will know. But I have never identified it. 
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suse
Bretten
(Germany)
July 22, 2008
5:46 PM Post #5303401
| Perhaps this is Dipsacus fullonum ? |
JulieQ
Cullman, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 22, 2008
6:10 PM Post #5303503
| I hope someone can tell you because I posted the same question a couple weeks ago. |
JulieQ
Cullman, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 22, 2008
6:19 PM Post #5303544
| This is the picture I had posted for my unknown. I keep waiting for a bloom...
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Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
July 22, 2008
6:28 PM Post #5303604
| Dunno, but definitely not Dipsacus fullonum!
Resin
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passiflora_pink
Indian Springs, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 23, 2008
1:28 PM Post #5307755
| I just went over to the Invasives forum to see if anyone would come over here and try.
I went to Google and tried to find pix of weeds with a basal rosette of leaves but no luck. |
nifty413
Garland, TX
(Zone 8a)
July 23, 2008
5:56 PM Post #5308897
| After a couple days of researching, it looks like it could be Elephantopus tomentosus ("devil's grandmother")...
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suse
Bretten
(Germany)
July 23, 2008
6:08 PM Post #5308968
| If this will be that plant, please save the seeds and give them in the DG trade, please! |
passiflora_pink
Indian Springs, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 24, 2008
8:33 AM Post #5311429
| Nifty, it may just be...
I have a plant key that I can double check; will let you know. And lots of the plants remain so I can dissect them with a magnifier.
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passiflora_pink
Indian Springs, AL
(Zone 7b)
July 25, 2008
7:39 AM Post #5316871
| Correct! Elephantopus tomentosus.
There are 3 other species listed in the region; two are found mainly in pine barrens and the other, E. carolinianus has absent basal leaves.
E. tomentosus flowers July-Sept, seeds ripen August through frost, according to my reference (Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas)
Nifty thanks for all the time spent on this.
Now, if someone can tell me how it got its common name...
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passiflora_pink
Indian Springs, AL
(Zone 7b)
August 26, 2008
1:25 PM Post #5470427
| For everyone's info I finally got pix of the bloom...not real spectacular but worth showing: 
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suse
Bretten
(Germany)
August 26, 2008
3:26 PM Post #5470857
| Oh, yes, it's the same pretty plant as from JulieQ ! |
pieohmy
Independence, LA
(Zone 8b)
August 26, 2008
6:13 PM Post #5471387
| I have these all over my yard. They are somewhat attractive but for the most part just a weed to me. |
passiflora_pink
Indian Springs, AL
(Zone 7b)
August 27, 2008
9:01 AM Post #5473679
| Weed it is...hence the topic of the post. |
JulieQ
Cullman, AL
(Zone 7b)
August 27, 2008
10:05 AM Post #5473897
| After Fay dumped five inches of rain I finally got out to look again. Took these pictures this morning... 
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JulieQ
Cullman, AL
(Zone 7b)
August 27, 2008
10:08 AM Post #5473911
| One more for good measure. Elephantopus tomentosus. 
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