tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post4987980025381221942..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Saturday morning Sheba and/or Nina picturemr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-26953903645330719602010-11-02T12:21:26.206-07:002010-11-02T12:21:26.206-07:00allandrewsplants / Ivynettle:
I agree, it's n...allandrewsplants / Ivynettle:<br /><br />I agree, it's not <i>Lactuca</i>. Probably <i>Sonchus asper</i>. Haven't been back to look. (Have I mentioned I've been busy?)mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-3928135154742363212010-11-02T11:39:37.128-07:002010-11-02T11:39:37.128-07:00I don't think it's Lactuca serriola either...I don't think it's Lactuca serriola either. The leaves look totally different from what I learned was L. serriola (there are pictures on my blog somewhere ... here: <a rel="nofollow">http://ivynettle.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/compass-plant/</a>. But I can't offer a better ID. :(Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-74148747520063640242010-10-30T16:10:51.319-07:002010-10-30T16:10:51.319-07:00Yup, she does have a nice expression...like she...Yup, she does have a nice expression...like she's smiling. She looks very, very happy.Plowing Through Life (Martha)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06547318824997712369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-41186179323910988002010-10-30T16:05:23.888-07:002010-10-30T16:05:23.888-07:00There's a section on Identifying Characteristi...There's a section on <a href="http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/sonas.htm" rel="nofollow">Identifying Characteristics</a> at that site which compares the two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-17270415689539474972010-10-30T16:02:23.238-07:002010-10-30T16:02:23.238-07:00I don't think it's a Lactuca serriola base...I don't think it's a <i>Lactuca serriola</i> based on the pictures I'm seeing online but it does look like something I was looking for an ID on a while ago. Do the leaves attach to the stems with a spiral shape reminiscent of a Rex Begonia leaf? Possibly <i>Sonchus asper</i> if they do...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-87806932471929963452010-10-30T12:08:16.282-07:002010-10-30T12:08:16.282-07:00She looks very happy. :)She looks very happy. :)CelticRosenoreply@blogger.com