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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] mystery herb
  • Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:04:55 -0800 (PST)

I believ it is the ranunculus merda plant. usually grows in wetter
areas....bobford

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--- On Mon, 11/10/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] mystery herb
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 12:56 PM
> Danggit...
> The more I look at it now, the more I think it looks like
> mullein.
> Jeez, mullein, borage, borage, mullein, borage, mullein..
> The thing is, I don't remember being able to see that
> many veins on
> mullein from the topside...With mullein, which does grow in
> a rosette
> kind of like your picture my first impression is not the
> venous
> structure, it is the fuzz..
> Nope, I'm back to borage. :)
>
>
> EarthNSky wrote:
> > I grow borage as a companion for tomatoes. It's
> about 3-5 ft tall,
> > purple flowers, fuzzy,you can candy the flowers-very
> good, pretty
> > little things. Ah, the page finally loaded. Keith,
> borage usually
> > grows in the summer with tomatoes and peppers. It
> could be borage,
> > but why would it still be so small this late in the
> year? It is not
> > lambs ears, so my other fuzzy leaved ideas are mullein
> and borage..
> > Mullein leaves are usually whiter-more gray-green than
> that, but on
> > the other hand, I don't recall a small borage
> plant having leaves
> > that large, nevertheless, I'm going with borage.
> >
> > Bev
> >
> > keith bellinger wrote:
> >> I just brought in a plant from the garden that I
> thought was
> >> mullein (doesn't look like the one in
> Bev's (?) post but might be
> >> borage or even some weed that found its way into
> the herb bed.
> >> Anybody care to take a peak and give a guess?
> >>
> >>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25847493@N06/3020152386/
> >>
> >>
> >>
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