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Posted: Sep/02/2006 2:26 PM PST
A few months ago, I purchased these two plants for a dollar each. The pots weren't labeled and the sales clerk had no idea what they were. (It was a country feed store that had a greenhouse on the side). I'd like to know what they are and how to care for them properly. Can you help? Thanks! Attachments:   |
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Posted: Sep/02/2006 5:01 PM PST
The leaves do close up at night and reopen in the morning. But, they don't seem to close upon touch. |
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Posted: Sep/02/2006 6:03 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by Lady FMN A few months ago, I purchased these two plants for a dollar each. The pots weren't labeled and the sales clerk had no idea what they were. (It was a country feed store that had a greenhouse on the side). I'd like to know what they are and how to care for them properly. Can you help? Thanks!Wow, this is freaky! I have the exact same plants, but found mine growing in my backyard! I have been through every book I have on plant identification, and since both were in the path of my mower, I dug them up and put them in pots. They seem to prefer sunshine, but they were growing in my heavily shaded backyard. The leaves do close up at night. They are paired - six to a stem, three on each side, opposite each other. Mine are developing tiny little yellow flowers, I think. [IMG]http://www.growlery.com/images/SMALL_IMGP9922 .JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.growlery.com/images/SMALL_IMGP9924 .JPG[/IMG] I live in the coastal plain of North Carolina, east of Raleigh and just east of the I-95 corridor. I'd love to be able to ID these nice-looking little plants. I don't know if they are a tree, a shrub or (my wife says) a vine. I don't think they're poisonous, at least! Any help would be sincerely appreciated! Best, Wiggy |
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Posted: Sep/02/2006 6:50 PM PST
I believe that these plants are related, but not the same, so I do [U]not[/U] believe that this ID would be accurate for Lady FMN . . . hopefully that one will be named soon. Hiya Wiggy . . . . . as a fellow N.Carolinan, I've run into "Sicklepod" a few times,  so I feel pretty secure about labeling yor mystery plant as Senna obtusifolia. See what you think, here are some pictures of Senna obtusifolia ~ a weed, but the butterflies like it  [QUOTE] From the Carolina Butterfly Society:"Sicklepod is a weed that occurs in disturbed sites. It is commonly found growing in agricultural crops such as soybean, cotton or corn. It has yellow flowers, large compound leaves of 6 oval leaflets and a long thin curved (sickle shaped) seedpods. The plant is often about two feet tall before it is noticed and it is reported to get up to five ft tall. Senna obtusifolia is recognized as a common host plant for both Sleepy Oranges and Cloudless Sulphurs." [/quote] |
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Posted: Sep/02/2006 9:55 PM PST
Taking my best guess at an ID for Lady FMN, Based, in part, on the very reasonable purchase price, I'd guess that your seedlings are one of the more readily available varieties of Senna (AKA Cassia). So I'll say [URL="http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/candle_bush.h tm"]Senna alata[/URL] "Candle Bush". |
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Posted: Sep/02/2006 11:11 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by zuzuspetals I believe that these plants are related, but not the same,so I do [U]not[/U] believe that this ID would be accurate for Lady FMN . . . hopefully that one will be named soon. Hiya Wiggy . . . . . as a fellow N.Carolinan, I've run into "Sicklepod" a few times, so I feel pretty secure about labeling yor mystery plant as Senna obtusifolia. See what you think, here are some pictures of Senna obtusifolia ~ a weed, but the butterflies like it Ah, so a weed it is. Well. Story of my life - I think it's cute and it's a weed. Still good to know, and thanks for telling me - I was stumpified. |
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