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Quote from: Ragged Robin on June 06, 2010, 09:48:26 AMQuotebackroad bicycle botanisingGreat idea and title for a thread Cohan, looking forward to coming along Well that's pretty much what Stellan and the Travel Giraffe do isn't it?
Quotebackroad bicycle botanisingGreat idea and title for a thread Cohan, looking forward to coming along
backroad bicycle botanising
If anyone cares (probably not! ), the plants I referred to as "oxytropis" are indeed that.Here's are some photos to show the pointed keel of oxytropis, the keel being the petal structure that is nestled between the lower dual "wing" petals, and is shaped like a boat's keel (Canadians, picture the end of a canoe ). (I had the pleasure of touring the absolutely fascinating garden of a professional botanist this weekend, and he very kindly showed me the difference between the pointed keel of oxytropis and the rounded keel of astragalus! I finally understand it!) Unfortunately, I don't have an astragalus flower handy to pull apart to show the difference, but the little point would be absent and the end of the keel smoothly rounded instead. 1) Head-on view to show keel in the center, exposed by pulling lower wing petals apart. (The dark pink prong is the "pointed keel".)2) Side view to show pointed keel in center of wing petals.3) Another side view of pointed keel, with wing petals pulled back.Ah ha, the secret is revealed!!
