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Herbaceous plant ID'd by David Dickinson and John J as Plumbago europaea

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JTh

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Herbaceous plant ID'd by David Dickinson and John J as Plumbago europaea
« on: October 15, 2016, 10:29:20 AM »
We made an excursion to Alexandroupolis the other day, and I saw I plant I have not been able to identify. It is herbaceous, growing in a very disorderly way with a mass of small stems with tiny leaves. The flowers were quite small as well, less than 1 cm in diameter, pink/purplish. Four petals, a long calyx sheathed by glandular sepals. The flowers seem to be clustered with five in each cluster. It was growing next to a dirt road surrounding an olive grove. Does anybody know this plant? I am afraid the photo is not so good, I had a lens on my camera that was totally unsuited for this purpose.


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David Dickinson

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Re: Another unidentified herbaceous wild plant with small pink-purple flowers
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2016, 10:53:46 AM »
I am not a botanist but it looks like the Plumbago which grows here in Rome too.  It is sticky like Plumbago capensis flower heads which I grow in the garden.
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John J

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Re: Another unidentified herbaceous wild plant with small pink-purple flowers
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2016, 11:02:57 AM »
Jorun, I'm inclined to agree with David. It looks like the Plumbago europaea that is also native to Cyprus.
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Re: Another unidentified herbaceous wild plant with small pink-purple flowers
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2016, 12:10:14 PM »
Thank you, David and John, for identifying this one, you are absolutely right. I have never seen it around here.
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