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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Paul Cumbleton on May 07, 2020, 05:01:57 PM

Title: Which Edraianthus?
Post by: Paul Cumbleton on May 07, 2020, 05:01:57 PM: The Edraianthus pictured below was grown from SRGC seed exchange seed from a couple of years ago. It was supposed to be Edraianthus tarae but is clearly not that species. Can anyone identify it please? I suspect either E. glisicii (which occurs in close proximity to E. tarae in the wild) or possible E. montenegrinus.

Thanks
Paul
Title: Re: Which Edraianthus?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 07, 2020, 05:20:44 PM: Good colour in the flowers, Paul. I suspect E. montenegrinus.
Good excuse to revisit this old thread! http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4612.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4612.0)
Title: Re: Which Edraianthus?
Post by: Paul Cumbleton on May 07, 2020, 05:41:44 PM: Quote from: Maggi Young on May 07, 2020, 05:20:44 PM
Good colour in the flowers, Paul. I suspect E. montenegrinus.
Good excuse to revisit this old thread! http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4612.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=4612.0)

Thanks Maggi. I did look at that very helpful thread before I posted but still wasn't sure. Other pictures on the web largely (but not entirely) seem to show E. montenegrinus flowers without hairs on them. It's difficult to find actual botanical descriptions for Edraianthus and comparing photos is seldom rewarding! Whatever it is, this is a lovely genus that seems to like my conditions both in the crevice garden and in tufa.

Paul
Title: Re: Which Edraianthus?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 07, 2020, 08:38:07 PM: No help in this paper http://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/9539722/Taxon.2008.pdf (http://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/9539722/Taxon.2008.pdf) or leads from the references there?
Title: Re: Which Edraianthus?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 07, 2020, 08:45:05 PM: Or here : https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36430#page/169/mode/1up (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36430#page/169/mode/1up) where it does state the flowers are glabrous..... so not montenegrinus then!