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Can you I.D. these photos?

leftwood
19 years ago

Grown from seed from NARGS seed exchange labelled as Linum ultissisima. But it is obviously not. Similar leaves grow in a tufted rosette at ground level until it decides to flower and send up a stalk. Unbranched inflorescence lengthens as more flowers are produced for 8 to 10 inches. Seed pods are 1/4 to 1/2 inch oval "eggs" containing many seeds.

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Comments (5)

  • sbeas
    19 years ago

    I think it is a kind of wallflower. Look under cheiranthus, the botanical name for wallflower and see if it seems like that to you. Sharon in Okla.

  • donn_
    19 years ago

    Yep...looks like Wallflower. Erysium 'Bredon' has longer racemes than others.

  • sagebrushred
    19 years ago

    It looks like a wallflower to me to. It's got the four petal mustard flower. I believe that wallflowers latin name is Erysimum though. That's as close as i can get it. There are a lot of different wallflowers and I only grow two of the larger varieties so far.

  • donn_
    19 years ago

    Yep. imum i/o ium. I need a speelchekkar.

  • leftwood
    Original Author
    19 years ago

    Gosh, the flowers on all the images I pulled up are right on. But everything I could pull up with seed pods had pods that were long and thin. Mine are egg shaped, almost round. I still think Erysium is the best bet, and I'll keep on the look out for the right species. Thanks everyone.

    Rick

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