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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: JohnnyD on November 04, 2015, 03:00:11 PM

Title: Plant from Tlos (Fethiye)
Post by: JohnnyD on November 04, 2015, 03:00:11 PM: Can anyone please tell me what this sprawling, grey leaved plant is?
JohnnyD
Title: Re: Plant from Tlos (Fethiye)
Post by: Karaba on November 04, 2015, 04:15:36 PM: Maybe Heliotropium europaeum ?
Title: Re: Plant from Tlos (Fethiye)
Post by: Maggi Young on November 04, 2015, 04:33:59 PM: I think that's right - and see some pix here ....

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12363.msg316755#msg316755 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12363.msg316755#msg316755)
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12363.msg316765#msg316765 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12363.msg316765#msg316765)

Checking online you will find photos of plants with a very similar habit to the one in your pic, Johnny, such as this one here (https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A2KLj9IVMzpWZE8Avbqe3olQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIzbzdqc3A4BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANhNzk4YjE5MzNmN2E1ZTE5YWEwYzg5YWFjMmEwMTI0ZARncG9zAzMxBGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.images.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3DHeliotropium%2B%2Beuropaeum%26n%3D60%26ei%3DUTF-8%26type%3Dff.41.w81.nt.18-09.gb.avg._.0915tb%26fr%3Dyhs-avg-fh_lsonsw%26fr2%3Dsb-top-uk.images.search.yahoo.com%26hsimp%3Dyhs-fh_lsonsw%26hspart%3Davg%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D31&w=800&h=600&imgurl=www.biodiversidadvirtual.org%2Fherbarium%2Fdata%2Fmedia%2F5470%2FHeliotropium-europaeum-L.-110398.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbiodiversidadvirtual.org%2Fherbarium%2Fheliotropium-europaeum-l..-img110398.html&size=186.5KB&name=%3Cb%3EHeliotropium+europaeum%3C%2Fb%3E+L.+-+110398+-+Biodiversidad+Virtual+%2F+Plantas&p=Heliotropium+europaeum&oid=a798b1933f7a5e19aa0c89aac2a0124d&fr2=sb-top-uk.images.search.yahoo.com&fr=yhs-avg-fh_lsonsw&tt=%3Cb%3EHeliotropium+europaeum%3C%2Fb%3E+L.+-+110398+-+Biodiversidad+Virtual+%2F+Plantas&b=0&ni=144&no=31&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12jkm7mos&sigb=179jsquh4&sigi=12roth0g1&sigt=12b2e2sjh&sign=12b2e2sjh&.crumb=QEG/h8RBHWy&fr=yhs-avg-fh_lsonsw&fr2=sb-top-uk.images.search.yahoo.com&hsimp=yhs-fh_lsonsw&hspart=avg&type=ff.41.w81.nt.18-09.gb.avg._.0915tb)
Title: Re: Plant from Tlos (Fethiye)
Post by: Lesley Cox on November 04, 2015, 09:18:25 PM: It looks a lovely thing Johnny?
Title: Re: Plant from Tlos (Fethiye)
Post by: JohnnyD on November 05, 2015, 02:44:30 PM: Thanks Karaba.
It is pretty Leslie, but only in close up. Otherwise it is rather a sprawl!
J.
Title: Re: Plant from Tlos (Fethiye)
Post by: fermi de Sousa on November 06, 2015, 02:20:00 PM: It's actually a weed here! A few other boraginaceous things like "Patterson's Curse",Echium plantagineum are serious weeds in our area,
cheers
fermi