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Perennial Indentification
Kite
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Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me to identify a perennial I have come across twice in the last week or so.
It stands about 3 feet high, with arching/sprawling stems and has tight bell shaped, white flowers with a notable frilly edge. The leaves are oval,dark green, about palm size and have a pointed tip.
I've searched through all my books and can't find it - any ideas??
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Acnistus australis comes to mind, but a picture would give us a better idea.
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http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/content/iochroma-australe.htm
is this it?
Or solomans seal?
Phill - do you mean each individual leaf is palm sized, or do you mean a palmate shape with each leaf being an oval?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
No sorry, the flowers are white and shaped more like lilly of the valley and once they go over you're left with a lime green case.
The leaves themselves are about the size of my palm, dark green, oval shaped with a pointed tip.
I know you've said it's a perennial but I was wondering if it was a Pieris? Gaultheria also have flowers like that but the foliage is small.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
No sorry - fairly sure it's neither of those - there are no woody stems on the plant whatsoever so I'm reasonably confident that it's a perennial of some kind.
One of the Comfreys?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Photo?