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Sat, Sep 2, 06 at 15:01
| I found a thistle the udder day that was white instead of pink/purplish.
all the flowers on this particular plant are white. are there albino plants? |
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- Posted by philmont_709n2 z6 Ohio (My Page) on Sat, Sep 2, 06 at 21:21
| perhaps it was a teasel Common Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum |
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| A plant with white flowers instead of the usual color isn't an albino plant, but rather a "variant" or "sport" with odd flower color. I am not sure that there are albino plants, and if there was a plant that lacked color it would also have to lack green chlorophyl, and therefore could not make food for itself. Such a a plant would never grow past the early seedling stage. It seems to me that plants with red, pink, or blue flowers are more likely than yellow or orange-flowered plants to produce the occasional white-flowered seedling. |
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- Posted by philmont_709n2 z6 Ohio (My Page) on Mon, Sep 4, 06 at 18:42
| speaking of that, i found a sky blue tall ironweed today! normally they are a deep purple. i collected some seeds in hope to get that mutation growing. |
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- Posted by philmont_709n2 z6 Ohio (My Page) on Tue, Sep 5, 06 at 15:29
| lol sorry! lots of people mix them up and i thought may have been the case. |
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