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Ulf Eliasson

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ID on mysterious plant
« on: June 22, 2009, 09:15:10 AM »
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2009, 10:11:54 AM »
I will take the liberty of posting a resized pic here, Ulf, it may help..... I don't recognise it myself, i'm sorry to say  :-[

Click the thumbnail to enlarge pic......
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Ulf Eliasson

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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2009, 10:49:37 AM »
Thank you Maggi!

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« Last Edit: June 22, 2009, 11:28:17 AM by Ulf Eliasson »
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2009, 09:43:57 PM »
Several years ago I grew something that looked very much like this one under the name Arnaria roseiflora. It didn't stay with me very long, and I don't know if the name is correct.
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2009, 10:32:43 PM »
I think it's what I had as Arenaria rosaeflora. I didn't have it long either though I think that was my fault. It set Silene-like seed quite well. (Or Arenaria-like I suppose.)
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2009, 10:37:03 PM »
It seems to be what Magnar and I think, spelt as Magnar does, in the specific name i.e. Arenaria roseiflora. It comes from Yunnan in china.
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2009, 08:04:56 AM »
I'm afraid that Arenaria roseiflora is not correct for this plant. That species have violet anthers and shallowly cleft petal apex.
Arenaria euodonta and Arenaria rockii seems similar, but descriptions doesn't fit exactly.

Today I know that this plant was collected by The Botanical Garden i Gothenburg, in China at Bei Ma Shan. It fits an herbarium specimen in China labelled Arenaria euodonta, however Flora of China have a different description. I don't know if the herbaria or the flora is wrong. The type specimen should be in Edinburgh, but it is unlikely that someone will check this out. Thank you all for your effort to help.
« Last Edit: June 26, 2009, 07:05:06 AM by Ulf Eliasson »
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2009, 10:55:28 AM »
Ulf, I will pass these photos to a contact at Edinburgh BG to see if they  can help.
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2009, 09:40:24 PM »
Oh well Magnar, we can't win 'em all. ::)
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2009, 07:08:12 AM »
Here are some additional photos - the plant seems closest to Arenaria euodonta. It should be great to solve the identity as the plant is cultivated in Sweden, and seems to thrive.
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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2009, 07:10:39 AM »
More photos:


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Re: ID on mysterious plant
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2009, 09:58:59 AM »
I must admit I never particularly noticed the colour of anthers etc and it was a long time ago. Perhaps the plants I had were wrongly named and should have been A. euodonta. ???
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« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2009, 02:25:13 PM »
Well, it seems to be a matter of opinion among botanists. Flora of China reconize both names as separate species... the Herbarium of Edinburgh unites them under A. roseiflora, so your suggestion might not be so bad after all.
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