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| Nick Maclaren 2008-04-03, 9:25 am |
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In article <Eocmy+CyFJ9HFw85@meden.invalid>,
Stewart Robert Hinsley <{$news$}@meden.demon.co.uk> writes:
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|> I don't recognise the plant by jizz, and the photograph isn't clear
|> enough to make out details - the only thing I can say for certain is
|> that the foliage is long-petiolate and palmately lobed - that would help
|> pin down the identity, but if the purple clumps are inflorescences then
|> it clearly isn't an Abelmoschus.
Yes. Without a clear picture of the flowers, it is impossible to
tell what family it belongs to. But I should be pretty flabberghasted
it it were an Abelmoschus, even from that picture - it really doesn't
look like one of the Malvaceae.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| Russel Sprout 2008-04-03, 1:25 pm |
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"Nick Maclaren" <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:ft25dr$n6h$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
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> In article <Eocmy+CyFJ9HFw85@meden.invalid>,
> Stewart Robert Hinsley <{$news$}@meden.demon.co.uk> writes:
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> |> I don't recognise the plant by jizz, and the photograph isn't clear
> |> enough to make out details - the only thing I can say for certain is
> |> that the foliage is long-petiolate and palmately lobed - that would
> help
> |> pin down the identity, but if the purple clumps are inflorescences then
> |> it clearly isn't an Abelmoschus.
>
> Yes. Without a clear picture of the flowers, it is impossible to
> tell what family it belongs to. But I should be pretty flabberghasted
> it it were an Abelmoschus, even from that picture - it really doesn't
> look like one of the Malvaceae.
>
You are right to be flabberghasted, I was mixing things up in my head. The
correct name is on the tip of my tounge, I'll get back to you if and when it
pops out!
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| Stewart Robert Hinsley 2008-04-03, 5:25 pm |
| In message <65kda7F2g4t94U1@mid.individual.net>, Russel Sprout
<s@idontthinkso.net> writes
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>"Nick Maclaren" <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
>news:ft25dr$n6h$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...
>You are right to be flabberghasted, I was mixing things up in my head. The
>correct name is on the tip of my tounge, I'll get back to you if and when it
>pops out!
>
>
Amaranthus? Atriplex?
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley
http://lavateraguy.blogspot.com http://www.malvaceae.info
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