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Thu, Apr 7, 11 at 2:01
| This very salvia like plant is growing wild over a hill here, no salvias are native to Australia, it has scalloped leaves and pink/white flowers anyone familiar with it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Unknown salvia
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- Posted by annette68 Australia Queensland (amorefleur@hotmail.com) on Thu, Apr 7, 11 at 2:02
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| Scuttelaria? |
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- Posted by rich_dufresne z7 NC (My Page) on Thu, Apr 7, 11 at 21:13
| Anisomeles is a mint, and a member of subfamily Lamioideae, different from Salvia, which belongs to subfamily Nepetoideae. Other Salvia mimics belong to subfamily Lamiales include Phlomis (Jerusalen Sage) Order Lamiales includes a lor of other plant families with labiate flowers that can mimic Salvia, like the Acantaceae and Gesneriaceae The Wiki entry on the Lamiaceae is pretty interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamiaceae From the flowers of India: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Anisomeles relationship tree
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