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 -------------------------------------------- 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l > >
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