Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Lori S. on October 28, 2012, 06:09:28 PM
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I think this seed-grown plant (shown in the link below to the NARGS site) - which wintered over, bloomed and promptly exited - may be Saponaria bellidifolia. Can anyone confirm or suggest the correct ID? Thanks in advance.
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=732.0 (http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=732.0)
Edit: Acckk, I'm finding that "bellidifolia" is very hard to type correctly!
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If it's not, Lori, I think it's doing a very good impression!
See several photos here http://www.lucoli.it/floradilucoli/Flora_erbacea_S.html (http://www.lucoli.it/floradilucoli/Flora_erbacea_S.html) ( thirteenth item down the page)
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Thanks, Maggi. Those are great photos you found. Looks convincing...
I was wondering about the sticky stems under the flower on this plant. Another plant I have that has been tentatively ID'd here as Saponaria x suendermanii (sp?) is also sticky around the upper stems and inflorescence, so perhaps this is not unexpected for Saponaria.
Edit: By the way, I also got Saponaria x suendermanii (sp?) as a supposed Saponaria lutea, same as what this plant was supposed to be! All this made me very curious to see what the heck Saponaria lutea actually looked like... and I did manage to end up with the real thing in my last attempt!
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While we tend to think of the Lychnis clan as being the really sticky "catchflies", I believe there are various Saponaria species which also exhibit this feature, having glandular sticky portions particularly to the leaves and calyces.
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Thanks, Maggi. I think that ties up the loose ends!