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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Jupiter on April 09, 2017, 11:53:56 PM

Title: Unknown Lamiaceae (edit: plantaginaceae?) cutting
Post by: Jupiter on April 09, 2017, 11:53:56 PM

I visited a friend at a private garden he was working in as a gardener and he gave me this cutting from a shrub I commented on. He didn't tell me what it was called and I've neglected it and haven't thought much about it until now. Does anyone recognise it?

Title: Re: Unknown Lamiaceae (edit: plantaginaceae?) cutting
Post by: fleurbleue on April 10, 2017, 02:38:17 PM

It seems like an Elsholtzia... :-\

Title: Re: Unknown Lamiaceae (edit: plantaginaceae?) cutting
Post by: Gabriela on April 12, 2017, 06:45:02 PM

Quote from: fleurbleue on April 10, 2017, 02:38:17 PM

It seems like an Elsholtzia... :-\

It is possible; if the foliage is aromatic then would be worth looking after an Elsholtzia species. I am only familiar with E. stauntonii (which is different) but there are many others.

Title: Re: Unknown Lamiaceae (edit: plantaginaceae?) cutting
Post by: Jupiter on April 12, 2017, 10:02:34 PM

One of the first things I did was crush a leave and sniff.. no essential oil. Just a planty green smell. I doubt it's Lamiaceae. The flower is more like Veronica, without labiatae 'lips'.

Title: Re: Unknown Lamiaceae (edit: plantaginaceae?) cutting
Post by: Gabriela on April 12, 2017, 11:57:43 PM

You're right Jamus, i zoomed in as much as possible, not a Lamiaceae.
Very unfamiliar, may be something native there. Please post when you find the name.

Title: Re: Unknown Lamiaceae (edit: plantaginaceae?) cutting
Post by: Gail on April 13, 2017, 06:43:10 AM

Could it be a kind of Clethra?

Title: Re: Unknown Lamiaceae (edit: plantaginaceae?) cutting
Post by: Jupiter on April 13, 2017, 10:13:04 PM

Over on facebook David Kennedy identified this for me as Leucosceptrum stellipilum (Lamiaceae). A woodlander from Japan which is barely hardy (heat hardy) enough for my garden.

Here is a better photo showing the inflorescence.

Title: Re: Unknown Lamiaceae (edit: plantaginaceae?) cutting
Post by: Gail on April 13, 2017, 10:54:02 PM

Thanks for the update - not a plant I've heard of before. Is the flower scented?