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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: plantrob on May 26, 2015, 04:57:28 AM

Title: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: plantrob on May 26, 2015, 04:57:28 AM: Yesterday my single specimen of a plant I grew from Edraianthus pumilio seed (from an exchange) started blooming. The appearance is mostly like the description in Nicholls' book on dwarf campanulas, but a fellow NARGSer suggested I make sure before I settle on its identification (she knows I've had a few other mis-ID'd plants through the years ;D)
Leaves on my plant aren't white-topped as seen in many photos of E. pumilio, but they do have silvery hairs. Any insights would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: Lori S. on May 28, 2015, 07:54:01 PM: Sorry, Rob, I was the doubting Thomas... given that 90% of everything in my yard is misidentified, I may very well have lost perspective. ;-)
After the extensive threads on Edraianthus identification in the past, perhaps most people here are too exhausted to consider another one but... I was wondering if this is Edraianthus pumilio? Or possibly Edraianthus serpyllifolius, given the single flowers and rather longish leaves?
Title: Re: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: Kovacs Pal on May 29, 2015, 09:19:28 PM: Hi,
I think it is E. pumilo (E. serpyllifolius has wider and shorter leaves, if I know well)
Title: Re: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: annew on May 29, 2015, 10:10:30 PM: It is darker blue than my plants.
Title: Re: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: plantrob on May 30, 2015, 04:37:39 AM: Thanks for weighing in - I'll keep this filed under pumilio until I learn otherwise ;)
Title: Re: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: astragalus on May 30, 2015, 11:59:53 AM: Looks like E. pumilio to me. The color can be variable, some quite dark.
Title: Re: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: Maggi Young on May 30, 2015, 06:29:04 PM: I asked ZZ his opinion - he says ID from a photo is a tough call - "The forum picture could be young Edraianthus pumilio if it was grown with reduced light and in richer soil."
Title: Re: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: Lori S. on June 03, 2015, 06:26:52 PM: The experts have spoken... :) Sorry to have cast doubt on the ID of your plant, Rob!
Title: Re: Is this Edraianthus pumilio
Post by: Lesley Cox on June 12, 2015, 05:56:14 AM: Quite an unlikely shade of blue though? The foliage looks right, perhaps given the richer compost, reduced light suggested above.