Dear Aarti: by all means lets see what the experts have to say.... did you originally identify it as a Dahlia?
Rudbeckia laciniata: is a cone flower.... your flower /this does not look like a cone flower , too many petals in multiple whorls.... although the leaves may be similar to coneflower's perhaps... Heliopsis helianthoides : is also an aster family, you flower again has too many petals whorls... most of the heliopsis I know have one or at the most two whorls of petals... unless your flower is a new cultivar off either one of these... My rule is when in doubt check out Herbarium specimen from reputed herbaria... heres a link from FSU: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu/view-image.php?Image=images/herbarium/jpegs/000047350.jpg&ImageType=jpeg and for heliopsis helianthoides ...again look at the leaf anatomy... very different from yours... at this site...http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp? SpCode=HELHEL and now for DAHLIA... see pg 18 of this pdf from Harvard edu site ... for the leaf pattern/anatomy arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1705.pdf look at the leaf... compare with your own... why leaf... because the flower may not have fully opened to show the typical cone of a coneflower or the central green/brownish green disk of the heliopsis yet... -- hope it helps... and lets see what the elders have to note... Usha di... On Jun 21, 9:36 pm, "Aarti S. Khale" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Usha Di, > I thought I had identified this flower but found two similar looking > ones on flowersofindia site.So I'm a bit confused and thought of > taking help from our expert friends. > One is Rudbeckia laciniata, the other is Heliopsis > helianthoides...which one is this? > Probably Tabish ji can help. > Regards, > Aarti > > On Jun 21, 7:56 am, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Aarti ji: it seeks this is one of the many hybrids of DAHLIA.... > > > usha di > > ------ > > > On Jun 20, 8:51 pm, "Aarti S. Khale" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Taken on the 1st of Feb,2009 at Nairobi,Kenya. > > > A garden plant,cultivated having medium height of about 2-3 feet. > > > Aarti > > > > DSCN7819.JPG > > > 138KViewDownload > > > > DSCN7820.JPG > > > 234KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
