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Posted By: bpw245 mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 12th, 2006 at 03:13 PM
I have a beautiful plant growing wild near my home. I can't find it with any searches. The nearest thing to it is Lamb's ear. The leaves are soft, whitish green and close to the ground. The plant puts a long thin stalks with quarter size soft dark deep red flowers on the very ends. Does this sound familiar to anyone. I have no Idea and it's driving me crazy...any suggestions.
Posted By: angelblossom Re: mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 12th, 2006 at 03:23 PM
http://www.paghat.com/lambsears.html

Is this what it is?? what thu me off somewhat was the red flowers I only seen them in purple Duh
Posted By: Triss Re: mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 12th, 2006 at 03:32 PM
Or maybe lychnis. I have it with pink flowers.

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Posted By: obywan59 Re: mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 12th, 2006 at 04:43 PM
That's what I think--lychnis coronaria. Rose campion.
Posted By: bpw245 Re: mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 13th, 2006 at 12:50 AM
I should have taken a pic. to show.... I have looked at rose campion and lambs ear....and eliminated them... the flower is deep red,soft and a single on the end of stem.. will try to get a pic today...
Posted By: weezie13 Re: mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 13th, 2006 at 05:38 AM
Common Mullein
Posted By: weezie13 Re: mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 13th, 2006 at 05:39 AM
Common Mullein
Nooooo scratch that, it's a yellow flowers... flw
Posted By: buzylady Re: mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 13th, 2006 at 08:05 AM
My rose campion has deep red flowers on the end of branches.
Since I can't get pics to upload on the post, there is a pic on my flickr page of my rose campion.
Posted By: bpw245 Re: mystery... leaves look like lamb's ear - July 18th, 2006 at 09:09 AM
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Originally posted by bpw245:
I should have taken a pic. to show.... I have looked at rose campion and lambs ear....and eliminated them
OOPS!!!!! I have looked closely at Buzylady's pic of Rose Campion.... that's it.... the only difference is that the pictured flowers look doubled or at least fuller than mine. My flowers have only 5 deep red petals that are slightly paler toward the middle..... but I do have my answer. Everything else is the same... Thanks to everyone.
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