Tradescantia ernestiana
Common Name: Woodland spiderwort
Might have to wait for flowers before I can definitely ID this one.
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JPB
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Wed 24 May, 2006 10:02 am
Ah, spiderwort! Yup, that's a keeper. I've just planted some more in my perennial beds. Are they in your woods?
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coluber2001
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Fri 26 May, 2006 12:36 pm
Spiderwort is also an edible. Any part of the plant. Peel the stems for a tender bite.
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jespah
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Sat 27 May, 2006 08:06 am
Ha! I always thought those were gentians. We have a ton of 'em, they're not quite out yet this year.
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sozobe
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Sat 1 Jul, 2006 10:04 am
OK, mystery weed is blooming now, looks very very spiderworty but not quite:
(sorry so dark, hopefully gives an idea.)
Maybe 8 of them have bloomed so far, they all have just the two petals on top.
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LionTamerX
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Sat 1 Jul, 2006 10:15 am
Asiatic Day Flower from the Commelina family. Fairly common weed that should probably be yanked. Not terribly harmful , but still an exotic invasive that doesn't belong.
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sozobe
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Sat 1 Jul, 2006 10:19 am
I just found that, thanks!!
This is it all right:
Off to read up on it more... (so far I'm welcoming pretty and harmless wildflowers, will see if there are any particular negatives).
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sozobe
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Sat 1 Jul, 2006 10:20 am
The text that goes with that picture seems to indicate no-no ness right off:
Quote:
Asiatic Dayflower
Commelina communis
This imported plant (from Asia, as its common name shows) is a pest to gardeners, and a rabid invader of other plants' space. Its lovely blue flowers make it tolerable in small doses, but it is rare to get dayflowers in small doses. As its genus, communis, suggests, it froms huge spindly "communities," which choke other plants, and return in full force year after year.
I don't like the chokey weeds.
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Noddy24
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Sat 1 Jul, 2006 11:51 am
Pushy-shovey, aggressive dayflower is good for stopping erosion. Are you still having a flooding problem?
