Nathan,

Yes, it does have very pale pink flowers.  Here is a photo at the top of
this site: http://carolynstrong.tumblr.com/  What do you think?

It's frustrating when I only have a few of a plant and they choose these
odd-ball places. I have just a few Lomatium foeniculaceum growing in the
road and each year have to mark it with stones.

Thanks for everyone's input on this.

Carolyn Poff Strong


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On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Nathan Miller <[email protected]>wrote:

>   >I hope I'm not asking a really stupid question.
>
> There's no such thing as a stupid question...unless you're posing it to
> Bill Engvall, in which case he'll hand you your sign. ;-)
>
> >I have Townsendia parryi all over my property in Central Oregon in natural
> colonies.
>
> Does it have light pink flowers?  If so, I'd I.D'd it as T. florifer--these
> were growing out in the juniper woodland between Sisters and Redmond and I
> donated some to the NARGS seedex a couple of times as that species.
>
> >It also grows in our basalt gravel in our driveways. (really)
>
> It's amazing where plants like to grow.  Lupinus lepidus grows by the
> metric truckload along scoria-covered shoulders between Mt. Bachelor and
> Bend, the same stuff that ODOT uses to gravel the roads in winter and then
> is pushed to the side when they're plowed later.  Oenothera tanecetifolia
> grows on the sandy bed of Willow Creek, which flows through Madras (and
> eventually into Lake Billy Chinook) and is completely full of water in the
> winter and bone try in summer (FWIW, it transplants well, despite its having
> a taproot.).
>
> >I was thinking of trying to transplant some of it to Portland so I won't
> drive on it.  Does anyone know if this will transplant?
>
> In addition to what's been said, you might adjust the soil of its new home
> to match the properties of that of its current home.
>
> -Nathan Miller
> Newberg, OR  Zone 7-8
>
>
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