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Rogan

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Unknown plant from the Karoo
« on: August 13, 2010, 09:08:13 AM »
Perhaps I'll leave my little plant here in the hope that someone will recognise it: found growing in some numbers south of the village of Loxton, Northern Cape province. Tiny flowers arising from a semi-succulent rosette on short stems (20 - 40 mm); flower colour variable from white to pastel pink and blue.
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Re: Unknown plant from the Karoo
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2010, 12:40:58 PM »
Absolutely beautiful Rogan, I trust you are going back for seed.
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Re: Unknown plant from the Karoo
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2010, 01:21:04 PM »
Sorry no idea Rogan but it's a nice plant.  Can you narrow it down to a likely family at least?
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Re: Unknown plant from the Karoo
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2010, 03:24:33 PM »
"Can you narrow it down to a likely family at least?"

I haven't a clue Ashley - Polemoniaceae, Verbenaceae, ...   ???

I probably won't be able to collect any seed in the near future, but it is certainly worth looking out for.
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Re: Unknown plant from the Karoo
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2010, 09:30:23 AM »
Thanks to Silverhill Seeds' catalogue I have narrowed its identity down to a Manulea species in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is an annual.
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Re: Unknown plant from the Karoo
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2010, 01:17:08 PM »
Well done, Rogan ..... now then, anyone got a copy of this :
Hilliard, O.M. (1994)  The Manuleae. A tribe of the Scrophulariaceae  Edinburgh University Press.... so we can learn more?  ;D
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