tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post7063513989734407644..comments2023-10-21T05:24:35.398-07:00Comments on MucknMire: Need Identification plus One Weird Plant per YearKihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-19387964045284946612009-06-19T08:53:38.290-07:002009-06-19T08:53:38.290-07:00The first plant looks like a hepatica to me.
(Cal...The first plant looks like a hepatica to me. <br />(Call me also "anonymous" but I'm not the same as above. Sorry I don't yet know how to log on properly!)<br />NinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-8371728670723112372009-04-08T14:32:00.001-07:002009-04-08T14:32:00.001-07:00The entire peekaboo plant is edible but the flower...The entire peekaboo plant is edible but the flowers have the highest concentration of the compound spilanthol or something.<BR/><BR/>It's good for your gum health, google it, many many people talk about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-34553589419490648852008-05-02T07:51:00.000-07:002008-05-02T07:51:00.000-07:00Hi Joco,fun isn't it?Now that the flower has bloom...Hi Joco,<BR/>fun isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Now that the flower has bloomed on the smaller plant(I posted a photo) it's not the Anemonella thalictroides I thought, although the leaves sure look like them.<BR/><BR/>No, no, I can assure you the flower is firmly attached to those leaves and A. nemorosa can have 6, 7 or more petals/sepals.<BR/><BR/>----------------------------------<BR/>Hi Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>One of my botanical books shows A. nemorosa 'Allenii' and 'Robinsoniana' with 6 or more petals. And my other books has a picture of it with 12 petals!<BR/><BR/>I added a photo of the back and indeed it doesn't have a calyx and the color is a white with slightly greenish tinge. So....any ideas? Thanks for your comment. Everyone's friendly here so please don't remain anonymous.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-64099730746419156202008-05-02T05:18:00.000-07:002008-05-02T05:18:00.000-07:00The plot thickens:Linnaeus, he say: A.nemorosa can...The plot thickens:<BR/>Linnaeus, he say: A.nemorosa can have six petals. Mine don't, but maybe in NJ everything is bigger and better :-)<BR/><BR/>Can you turn the flower over and verify that the petals are reddish underneath and the calyx is absent? That would clinch it, even though the leaves look a little different from the usual Anemone leaves.<BR/><BR/>Don't we all love a puzzle.<BR/><BR/>joco, final time, I promise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-84081225008793722262008-05-02T04:33:00.000-07:002008-05-02T04:33:00.000-07:00"Anemonella thalictroides", is that the one that I..."Anemonella thalictroides", is that the one that I know as <B>Syndesmon thalictroides(Hoffmannsegg)</B>? <BR/><BR/>In which case, yes. Looks like it. It says in my American wildflower book that the leaves look like those of the Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum), even thought the flower doesn't. <BR/>good grief, I now have greenfly on my wildflower book. Will these critters stop at nothing?jocohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08443120495036936430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-52335002519424815102008-05-01T17:39:00.000-07:002008-05-01T17:39:00.000-07:00Opps, sorry Yolanda Elizabet, I missed seeing your...Opps, sorry Yolanda Elizabet, <BR/>I missed seeing your comment. So you like weird too! I guess that makes three of us. Next year I promised myself I would get some Dichelostemma ida-maia or firecracker flower. They aren't exactly weird but the common name is seems to indicate it will be a fun plant.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-28835099054264192032008-05-01T17:33:00.000-07:002008-05-01T17:33:00.000-07:00Ha! Joey, you too eh. Gotta have some weirdness to...Ha! Joey, you too eh. Gotta have some weirdness to set things in perspective. Have you tried eating the plant? I guess you would eat the leaves. Might be just the thing for one of your gourmet meals ;)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for confirming the ID. A wood anemone is a native plant I believe. I was assuming it was planted with the crocus bulbs the former owner had planted but now I'm not so sure.<BR/><BR/>The flower on the smaller plant in the third picture hasn't opened yet and the plant remains unidentified but I think it may be a Rue anemone, Anemonella thalictroides. Interestingly the flower petals apparently aren't petals at all. What we see are petal-like sepals!Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-46198676533664664232008-05-01T17:13:00.000-07:002008-05-01T17:13:00.000-07:00I believe the first is a Wood Anemone, Ki. I have ...I believe the first is a Wood Anemone, Ki. I have many both in my garden here and up north. I love the Peek-a-boo, which I also own and plant in a pot with a silly crazy corkscrew plant that I adore and don't know the name of. Each year, something a bit funky has my name on it ... a topic for conversation that fits my quirky moods.joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-72635748844605434312008-05-01T11:40:00.000-07:002008-05-01T11:40:00.000-07:00Well the mystery plant has been identified so that...Well the mystery plant has been identified so that leaves me to comment on your Eyeball Plant: really weird but in a good way.;-) Must try to find one here too.Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-90119097649235455292008-05-01T06:33:00.000-07:002008-05-01T06:33:00.000-07:00Hi Don,Somehow I thought you'd know ;) Thanks for ...Hi Don,<BR/>Somehow I thought you'd know ;) Thanks for the ID. I will look it up.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-50295468129375225402008-05-01T06:31:00.000-07:002008-05-01T06:31:00.000-07:00Hi Entangled, Thanks for alerting me to Don's post...Hi Entangled, Thanks for alerting me to Don's posts. I did see the earlier small yellow anemone but didn't make the connection.<BR/><BR/>The one in my photo appears to be different than any of Don's. The leaves are fuller but I agree, I think it must be some kind of Anemone. Now to find out what kind. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.<BR/><BR/>----------------------------------<BR/>Hi Sarah,<BR/>Actually...you can eat dandelions but not the stems ;) I was going to try some of the abundant ones growing in our yard but never got around to doing so but I saw some in the supermarket one day and decided to try it. I do like food with a touch of bitterness but the dandelion greens were a bit too strong and off putting.<BR/><BR/>I do like to eat bracken but I found out they contain carcinogenic compounds so it is recommended that people not eat them anymore.<BR/><BR/>It is May day! Thank you for the greeting and the same to you.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-25906381523389413872008-05-01T06:25:00.000-07:002008-05-01T06:25:00.000-07:00Your anemone is, I think, a mountain anemone (also...Your anemone is, I think, a mountain anemone (also called lance leafed anemone)... they are not native around here, so I've not actually seen one in person, but have trifoliate, evenly toothed leaves... sounds like yours.<BR/>DonIBOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160379892465206319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-33972686616349789212008-05-01T05:07:00.000-07:002008-05-01T05:07:00.000-07:00Your dandelions are acting like fiddleheads, but y...Your dandelions are acting like fiddleheads, but you can't eat them. Still, both make me smile. Nature is full of humor. Happy May Day!Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-81278593283305475682008-05-01T03:58:00.000-07:002008-05-01T03:58:00.000-07:00Ki, could the first plant be an anemone? Yesterda...Ki, could the first plant be an anemone? Yesterday afternoon, I dug up some Japanese anemones and noticed how similar the foliage is. Then later I was reading <A HREF="http://iowagarden.blogspot.com/2008/04/different-anemone.html" REL="nofollow">Don's post</A> about his wood anemones - I didn't know there were so many. Something about that 3-parted leaf now makes me think anemone.Entangledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-29784786093335114102008-04-30T18:36:00.000-07:002008-04-30T18:36:00.000-07:00Hi Hank,Yep they're dandelion stems. I guess when ...Hi Hank,<BR/>Yep they're dandelion stems. I guess when I put them in water some of the stems were slightly split. The inner parts must have soaked up more water and expanded while the shiny outer skin is probably impervious to water and doesn't expand so it curls that way. Surprisingly very tight curls too like a wound watch spring.<BR/><BR/>-----------------------------------<BR/><BR/>Hello Tabatha,<BR/><BR/>I should post it to the Garden Web plant ID forum. I forgot about that. Thanks for the suggestion and for stopping by.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-22065120920706433812008-04-30T09:09:00.000-07:002008-04-30T09:09:00.000-07:00They look familiar to me as well, but I have no cl...They look familiar to me as well, but I have no clue what they are. I usually take my plant id issues to gardenweb.com they have a plant id forum that is full of people that can id plants in seconds!<BR/>the rest of the pics are great as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-54174623423810860812008-04-30T08:58:00.000-07:002008-04-30T08:58:00.000-07:00Sadly, I do not know. I can't BELIEVE it. That la...Sadly, I do not know. I can't BELIEVE it.<BR/> <BR/>That last photo is cool. Those are dandelions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-61193996609223407612008-04-30T05:56:00.000-07:002008-04-30T05:56:00.000-07:00Hi Entangled,Well, the caffeine must have partiall...Hi Entangled,<BR/>Well, the caffeine must have partially kicked in. They are stems of dandelions. In the damp morning yesterday I saw the bare sepals standing straight out horizontally like they were the actual flowers. I picked a few to photograph but within an hour the sepals had all curled down flat against the stems in the normal position we see them. But the stems which I stuck in a glass of water curled into these interesting spirals. So not one to waste any picture with even the merest semblance of being interesting, there it is. <BR/><BR/>Like you I find the first flower to be vaguely familiar but have no idea what it could be.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695751.post-36336171018031642292008-04-30T05:45:00.000-07:002008-04-30T05:45:00.000-07:00I'm coming up blank on your mystery plants. The f...I'm coming up blank on your mystery plants. The first one looks familiar, but no name comes to mind.<BR/><BR/>I think the Euphorbia will get a lot bigger. I've lately seen a lot of this type of Euphorbia as a filler in container plantings.<BR/><BR/>I must not have had enough caffeine yet. The bottom picture looks like split stems of dandelion flowers?Entangledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261805004615133289noreply@blogger.com