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Title: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Kees Jan on February 05, 2012, 02:31:14 PM: Any idea what on earth this could be? It is not in Campanulaceae is it? Photographed just outside Varvarco, Neuquen province...

The other mystery plant is a shrub of about 1-2m tall. Is it something in Rhamnaceae? Also photographed just outside the village of Varvarco...
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: ranunculus on February 05, 2012, 02:36:49 PM: The foliage on mystery plant number one looks a little like an Erodium? ::)
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: maggiepie on February 05, 2012, 04:17:22 PM: No idea what the first plant is but I think I would like one!!
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Gerdk on February 06, 2012, 06:36:50 AM: Only a shot in the dark: No. 1 perhaps a Malesherbia species?

Gerd
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Lesley Cox on February 06, 2012, 10:23:24 AM: Surely Alberto C (Ezeiza) will know?
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Tim Ingram on February 06, 2012, 05:06:44 PM: Just looked on Chile Flora site and I too think Malesherbia sp. See photo of M. multiflora - the flower buds look very similar, foliage quite rough and hairy, flowers could be similar if central petals brought together as in your photo. Interesting plant!
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Kees Jan on February 06, 2012, 06:24:53 PM: Thanks, Malesherbia seems to be a good suggestion! Here is another mystery plant, very beautiful, an Oxalis of some sort, photographed in Laguna el Diamante...

added 5th July:
Quote from: Kees Jan on July 05, 2012, 10:07:40 PM
I just received an e-mail from John Watson: the Oxalis posted above is the recently described Oxalis chachahuensis
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Lesley Cox on February 06, 2012, 08:57:37 PM: It may be an overly vigorous one but I do like the speckled flowers and the furry leaves. Very attractive.
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Kees Jan on February 16, 2012, 05:11:45 PM: The Malesherbia is identified as Malesherbia humilis now!

Edit by maggi: refers to photo 072 in first post
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Kees Jan on July 05, 2012, 10:07:40 PM: I just received an e-mail from John Watson: the Oxalis posted above (Reply #6 on: February 06, 2012, 06:24:53 PM) is the recently described Oxalis chachahuensis
Title: Re: Mystery plants from Argentina
Post by: Maggi Young on July 05, 2012, 10:59:04 PM: Thanks Kees Jan, good to have an update.

Oxalis chachahuensis
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Publicaciones/Hickenia/Vol3/h3_51.pdf (http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Publicaciones/Hickenia/Vol3/h3_51.pdf)

http://www.chlorischile.cl/Diamante-Mui%F1o%20et%20al/oxalis.htm (http://www.chlorischile.cl/Diamante-Mui%F1o%20et%20al/oxalis.htm)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List_endangered_species_%28Plantae%29#Oxalidaceae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List_endangered_species_%28Plantae%29#Oxalidaceae)