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Author Topic: Onagracea from Madeira  (Read 585 times)

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Onagracea from Madeira
« on: March 16, 2011, 07:38:21 PM »
I found this flower in Madeira. I guess it's Onagracea but I can not identify which one. It was cultivated and very probaly not indigenous. The plant was hanging from a brick wall and not upright like I am used from Epilobium. The stems and leaves have a red glow over them.
Anyone knows more? Thank you,
Rob
Rob - central Nederland Zone 7b

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Re: Onagracea from Madeira
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 01:52:05 AM »
It's known as "Trailing Lasiandra" here and was Schizocentron elegans and then Heterocentron elegans. It's also called "Spanish Shawl" and an older name was Heeria elegans.
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Re: Onagracea from Madeira
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 06:36:39 AM »
Thank you Fermi,
So I was even wrong with the family name, not Onagraceae but Melastomataceae. I learn a lot.
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Re: Onagracea from Madeira
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 08:10:11 AM »
Rob,
there's always something more to learn and this Forum is a great place to learn!
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