Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Margaret on October 16, 2016, 12:42:38 PM
-
I've been asked about this 8ft tall plant. At first glance it looked like chicory but the leaves and inflorescence aren't right.
-
It can be something in the Lactuca/Mulgedium or more likely a Cicerbita. The pictures are a bit deceiving not showing the basal leaves.
-
Thank you, Gabriela. Great identification. It looks like Cicerbita plumieri. https://www.rightplants4me.co.uk/content/plant?PlantID=1579&LatinName=Cicerbita%20plumieri (https://www.rightplants4me.co.uk/content/plant?PlantID=1579&LatinName=Cicerbita%20plumieri)
Do you agree?
-
The pictures on that website are really fuzzy Margaret. I googled for Cicerbita plumieri - shown in the wild, see below, and it doesn't quite fit with your plant. But maybe you have more picture to see details.
http://herbierdicietdailleurs.eklablog.com/lactuca-plumieri-cicerbitia-plumieri-laitue-de-plumier-a47460960 (http://herbierdicietdailleurs.eklablog.com/lactuca-plumieri-cicerbitia-plumieri-laitue-de-plumier-a47460960)
-
Definitely not Cicerbita plumieri. It grows in the wild around here. Stem upper leaves are lobed, even if less than basal ones, but still clearly lobed, and I cannot remember seing them so nicely arranged. All in all, C.plumieri is a rather acceptable plant when flowering, but otherwise nothing really beautiful or garden worth.
-
How about this - Cicerbita/Lactuca bourgaei? Having problems ID a Lactuca ???
http://fjpower.forumgratuit.org/t8512-lactuca-bourgaei-cicerbita-bourgaei (http://fjpower.forumgratuit.org/t8512-lactuca-bourgaei-cicerbita-bourgaei)
-
Thank you Gabriela and Philippe. Cicerbita bourgaei sounds exactly right - no lobes on upper leaves and the 3m height. Great.