[pbs] Codonopsis sp. - need an identification
John Bryan
johnbryan at worldnet.att.net
Mon Aug 28 11:44:30 EDT 2006
MarK
This looks like Codonopsis convolvulacea Cheers, John E. Bryan
Antennaria at aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Spontaneously appearing in my garden, twining up through a rhododendron, is a
> Codonopsis species. I don't have any Codonopsis in the garden, so its
> appearance is somewhat of a mystery. Possibly I tossed out some old seed, or dumped
> some soil from ungerminated seed flats. The leaves are glabrous, widely
> elliptical, and arranged in 4-part whorls. The large, waxy, egg-like buds started
> opening just last week, near the end of August 2006. The flowers are milky
> green-white on the outside, and dull purplish inside (with a faint bluish
> sheen)... solid purplish on the upper half, white heavily spotted purple in the
> lower half.
>
> Two photos taken in the rain today (8/27/2006):
> http://www.plantbuzz.com/buzz/im_codonopsis.htm
>
> Anyone know what species it might be?
>
> I tried to make an identification online using a Google search, but find
> there are many, many species, it's rather confusing, and I haven't been able to
> pinpoint an ID.
>
> PS. This message also sent to Alpine-L. Since there is a wiki page for
> Codonopsis, I thought I'd post this to PBS as well.
>
> Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
> antennaria at aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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