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alfredo

(60,135 posts) Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:04 PM Feb 2017

Sorry to have to tap your expertise again, but I am getting requests to ID this plant.

It wasn't labelled at the Arboretum, and the office was closed, so I turn to you for help.

What is this?

Tks

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Sorry to have to tap your expertise again, but I am getting requests to ID this plant. (Original Post) alfredo Feb 2017 OP

Was it a shrub or small tree? herding cats Feb 2017 #1

Thanks, it is a Crepe Myrtle. alfredo Feb 2017 #6

I'm glad I could help. herding cats Feb 2017 #14

wow looks like pics of... samnsara Feb 2017 #2

Yeah. We have an ID alfredo Feb 2017 #5

Looks very like this? pkdu Feb 2017 #3

It's Crepe Myrtle. Thanks alfredo Feb 2017 #4

I would have said Rose of Sharon myself Glitterati Feb 2017 #7

Most of them have fallen off, or picked. alfredo Feb 2017 #9

could be a Crepe Myrtle. Would be nice to see the tree in one shot. juxtaposed Feb 2017 #8

I was shooting macro that day. alfredo Feb 2017 #10

I didn't know it was your post, I have about 4 crepe myrtle tree's in my yard I'll post a pic of on juxtaposed Feb 2017 #11

I looked for a summer photo of that bush, but I couldn't find it. alfredo Feb 2017 #12

this is a quick link to some plants the few in the beginning has a crepe seed pod juxtaposed Feb 2017 #13

this is what they look like before seed juxtaposed Feb 2017 #15

I think I have some at that stage in my archive disc. alfredo Feb 2017 #16

herding cats

(19,612 posts)

1. Was it a shrub or small tree?

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:07 PM

Feb 2017

If so it may be a crepe myrtle.

alfredo

(60,135 posts)

6. Thanks, it is a Crepe Myrtle.

Reply to herding cats (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:02 PM

Feb 2017

herding cats

(19,612 posts)

14. I'm glad I could help.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:54 PM

Feb 2017

Goodness knows I owe more plant IDs than I'll ever be able to repay.

samnsara

(18,282 posts)

2. wow looks like pics of...

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:13 PM

Feb 2017

...the cotton my mom used to pick

alfredo

(60,135 posts)

5. Yeah. We have an ID

Reply to samnsara (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:34 PM

Feb 2017

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

3. Looks very like this?

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:23 PM

Feb 2017

http://www.actaplantarum.org/floraitaliae/download/file.php?id=289271

Rose Mallow or Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. palustris

alfredo

(60,135 posts)

4. It's Crepe Myrtle. Thanks

Reply to pkdu (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 07:32 PM

Feb 2017

There's difference in the seed pod.

Glitterati

(3,182 posts)

7. I would have said Rose of Sharon myself

Reply to pkdu (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:19 PM

Feb 2017

Crepe Myrtle seed pods are much more clustered

alfredo

(60,135 posts)

9. Most of them have fallen off, or picked.

Reply to Glitterati (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:31 PM

Feb 2017

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)

8. could be a Crepe Myrtle. Would be nice to see the tree in one shot.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:29 PM

Feb 2017

alfredo

(60,135 posts)

10. I was shooting macro that day.

Reply to juxtaposed (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:32 PM

Feb 2017

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)

11. I didn't know it was your post, I have about 4 crepe myrtle tree's in my yard I'll post a pic of on

Reply to alfredo (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:47 PM

Feb 2017

e if I can find them. It does look like their seed pods.

alfredo

(60,135 posts)

12. I looked for a summer photo of that bush, but I couldn't find it.

Reply to juxtaposed (Reply #11)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:50 PM

Feb 2017

I seem to remember pink flowers.

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)

13. this is a quick link to some plants the few in the beginning has a crepe seed pod

Reply to alfredo (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:54 PM

Feb 2017

https://www.flickr.com/gp/juxtaposeesopatxuj/23120x

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)

15. this is what they look like before seed

Reply to alfredo (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 08:58 PM

Feb 2017

https://flic.kr/p/5dEkUT

alfredo

(60,135 posts)

16. I think I have some at that stage in my archive disc.

Reply to juxtaposed (Reply #15)

Wed Feb 22, 2017, 09:40 PM

Feb 2017

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