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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: kirsitn on August 13, 2017, 09:49:30 AM

Title: ID help - creeping, purple bells - Lindernia grandiflora
Post by: kirsitn on August 13, 2017, 09:49:30 AM

Is anyone familiar with this plant? About 5 cm tall, sold in an alpine garden mix.

Title: Re: ID help - creeping, purple bells
Post by: Martinr on August 13, 2017, 09:56:14 AM

Looks like Mazus reptans

Title: Re: ID help - creeping, purple bells
Post by: kirsitn on August 13, 2017, 10:36:01 AM

Mazus reptans is similar, but the flowers are not quite the same. Found the name through another forum: Lindernia grandiflora. Sold as a hardy perennial that should be kept dry, whereas the internet says it's a bog plant that doesn't handle much frost... Oh, well, I'll give it a try anyway.