We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Name that genus!  (Read 1109 times)

arisaema

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1239
  • Country: dk
Name that genus!
« on: June 06, 2009, 08:39:59 PM »
About as far from alpine as you get, but could someone help me name these two rice paddy weeds from Cambodia? Is the Convolvulaceae an Ipomoea, or some more obscure genus? (Xenostegia?)



Logged

Paul T

  • Our man in Canberra
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8435
  • Country: au
  • Paul T.
Re: Name that genus!
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2009, 12:39:35 AM »
By appearance (no research into ranges of species or anything), could the first one be a Torenia or some description?  The second looks to me like a Convulvulus species.  I have C. altheoides (spelling?) that twines and looks a lot like that (although not exactly the same thing as leaf looks a bit different and flower on mine is pink).
« Last Edit: June 07, 2009, 12:42:19 AM by Paul T »
Logged
Cheers.

Paul T.
Canberra, Australia.
Min winter temp -8 or -9°C. Max summer temp 40°C. Thankfully, maybe once or twice a year only.

arisaema

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1239
  • Country: dk
Re: Name that genus!
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2009, 08:29:40 AM »
Thank you, Paul! I was considering Torenia myself, but really don't know enought about tropicals - and a Google search only brings up the hybrid. Will keep looking :)
Logged

Diane Whitehead

  • Queen (of) Victoria
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1466
  • Country: ca
Re: Name that genus!
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2009, 08:11:51 PM »
It might be Kangkong,  Ipomoea aquatica, which I used to eat in Sabah.
 It is much more leafy when it is grown in water, but the leaves are
narrow when it is not.
Logged
Diane Whitehead        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
cool mediterranean climate  warm dry summers, mild wet winters  70 cm rain,   sandy soil
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal