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What IS that? |
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Plants are amazing things - especially when you pay attention to the
details. Often, I don't see those details until I take a close-up picture
and look at it on my computer screen. So let's have some fun - I will put
interesting bits of close-up photos on this page, and let you guess which
plants are being highlighted. Just use the comment field below to state your
guess. When a correct answer is posted for an image, I'll replace it with a
new one. No prizes - just the glory of being a What's that? winner on
robsplants.com.
Your guess may not appear in the comments section right
away. I moderate page comments, to avoid an onslaught of spam.
The photos below are still in search of an identity:
WhatsThat number two: from our side garden
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WhatsThat number seven: an upright perennial
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Kathleen | Jun 03, 2008 | I'm guessing it's a perennial, but what do I know. (I'm a card carrying member of the Mediocre Plant Identifying Group.) Looking forward to finding out.
Yes, it's a perennial. But that doesn't narrow it down much... |
| Iris | Jun 10, 2008 | Could it be Asphodeline?
and the first prize goes to Iris! It is indeed Asphodeline lutea. |
| James Cheshire | Jul 08, 2008 | Leonurus cardiaca
Correct family (of course ;-) but it's not leonurus... |
| Cindy | Jul 20, 2008 | Callirhoe involucrata
Good guess - but no, this purple flower belongs to an annual, whereas callirhoe is perennial... |
| Cindy | Jul 22, 2008 | Corn cockle? It's a purple-flowering self-seeding annual with five petals and hairy stems. I confess I had to use my botany textbook :)
You got it! Agrostemma githago it is. |
| Cindy | Jul 23, 2008 | Echinacea purpurea
Right again! |
| Cindy | Jul 26, 2008 | Lamium album?
Afraid not. Still the right family, still the wrong genus ;-) |
| Cindy | Jul 27, 2008 | Nepeta subsessilis (GRIN)
Grin! Still not quite right :-). You did get the other one right (by e-mail) - that is indeed Asclepias tuberosa. |
| Cindy | Jul 28, 2008 | Not Blephilia hirsuta or Galeopsis bifida, but wow, there is such amazing diversity in the Laminacea! Campanula carpatica?
It's in lamiaceae, for sure (which rules out Campanula). This is a taller-growing plant - its flowers are arranged in clusters around the stem. |
| daan | Jul 31, 2008 | stachys macrantha ?
Another good guess - but alas... |
| Mary Beth | Aug 03, 2008 | #6-Clarkia bottae, Rob?
Absolutely, Mary Beth :-) |
| Cindy | Aug 06, 2008 | Pycnanthemum virginianum
I guess there's just too many plants in lamiaceae... Alas, another miss. |
| Team Cindy | Aug 07, 2008 | Aha! With thanks ALSO to my local County Extension Agent, and a friendly Master Gardener, may we consider the Scutellaria for What's that #2?
Take a look at my brand-spanking new page about skullcaps - nary a fuzzy one to be found! It's about time #2 gets retired - so here's a hint: the genus of this plant sounds like a description of a messy men's room mishap. |
| Team Cindy | Aug 07, 2008 | Paeonia, for What's that #7. :)
I wish I had peonies with such foliage... |
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Previous entries
Photos whose identity has been successfully determined appear below. See if
you know what they are - to view the correct answer, drag your cursor across the
area between the [ ] to highlight the hidden text.
[Asphodeline lutea]
WhatsThat number one, identified by Iris
[Agrostemma githago]
WhatsThat number three: a self-seeding wildflower, identified by Cindy
[Echinacea purpurea]
WhatsThat number four: summer standby perennial, identified by Cindy
[Asclepias tuberosa]
WhatsThat number five: late-rising perennial, identified by Cindy
[Clarkia bottae]
WhatsThat number six: a whispy annual, identified by Mary Beth
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August 03, 2008
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