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Roma

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Unknown Plant
« on: November 03, 2013, 11:56:43 AM »
A friend sent me this picture of a seeding plant she found while weeding.  It is about 2 feet tall and there are no leaves to help with id.  She does not recognise it. I haven't a clue.  Does anyone out there know it?
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Re: Unknown Plant
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2013, 12:21:40 PM »
could it be a millet?
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Re: Unknown Plant
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2013, 09:42:46 AM »
Yes Mark that was my first thought.  It looks just like the Millet we used to put in the Budgies cage.
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Re: Unknown Plant
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2013, 10:46:13 AM »
76 views and only two replies ???

Thanks Mark and Shelagh for your thoughts.  I have passed on your comments to my friend but have not heard from her yet. 
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Re: Unknown Plant
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2013, 11:37:56 PM »
It seems to be an infructescence of one of the following two; Aruncus aethusifolius or an Astilbe.
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Re: Unknown Plant
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2013, 10:25:11 AM »
I found this plant growing in a patch of grass. There were several clumps like this.
« Last Edit: November 19, 2013, 08:01:54 AM by Anthony Darby »
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Re: Unknown Plant
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2013, 08:49:53 PM »
I should have said that this was a large patch of council mown lawn. Other weeds included a pink Oxalis, as well as the usual plantains, daisies (British and South African), dandelions and clover.
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Re: Unknown Plant
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2013, 05:07:53 AM »
Looks like Sparaxis bulbifera on a bad day... ;)
« Last Edit: November 20, 2013, 05:30:59 AM by Oron Peri »
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