Author Topic: Anyone know what this plant is? (Read 1922 times)

Squash64 · « **on:** April 23, 2009, 17:24:05 »

Does anyone know what this plant is please?
My friend gave me the woody root, which has now sprouted some leaves. She says it has a nice flower a bit similar to gypsophila.

This is a close-up of the leaves

ACE · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2009, 20:07:16 »

Looks like a battered clump of hollyhock. Unless it is leathery and shiney then it might be acanthus.

saddad · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2009, 20:42:52 »

??? looks like hollyhocks to me too... :-\

Squash64 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2009, 21:32:34 »

No, it's definitely not hollyhock because my friend would have known that one! It's something more unusual from what she told me.

ceres · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2009, 21:53:30 »

Lavatera?

davee52uk · « **Reply #5 on:** April 27, 2009, 18:53:36 »

Mallow?

Squash64 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 27, 2009, 18:56:34 »

Thanks everyone for your ideas but I've found out now what it is.
It's Crambe - not a plant I'd ever heard of before. It grows tall and spreads out so I've planted it in completely the wrong place just next to a path.

Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2009, 21:34:55 »

You mean seakale, Crambe maritima?

Squash64 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 27, 2009, 21:47:44 »

Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on April 27, 2009, 21:34:55

You mean seakale, Crambe maritima?

We googled Crambe and my friend recognised it as Cordifolia.

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