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Title: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: 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.

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/Aragona/DSC_0181a.jpg)

This is a close-up of the leaves

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/Aragona/DSC_0182a.jpg)

Title: Re: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: ACE 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.

Title: Re: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: saddad on April 23, 2009, 20:42:52

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

Title: Re: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: Squash64 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.

Title: Re: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: ceres on April 23, 2009, 21:53:30

Lavatera?

Title: Re: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: davee52uk on April 27, 2009, 18:53:36

Mallow?

Title: Re: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: Squash64 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.

Title: Re: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 27, 2009, 21:34:55

You mean seakale, Crambe maritima?

Title: Re: Anyone know what this plant is?
Post by: Squash64 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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