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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B7_01CE736F.81CA83A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Could it be comfrey (symphytum officinale)? Different family, but fits = your description. Jane From: Larry Ayers=20 Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:58 PM To: NatureNS=20 Subject: [NatureNS] Bluebells (Mertensia) in NS Hello -- I'm an American staying in the Round Hill area this summer, and = I've been trying to identify the native and alien plants in the = neighborhood. Lots of aliens in the Annapolis Valley!=20 There's a road ditch in front of a vacant house on Hwy. 201 which = harbors a profuse growth of a plant which has flowers very like those of = the Eastern Bluebell, Mertensia virginica. It's a taller plant with = rough-hairy lanceolate leaves and I'm wondering if it might be Mertensia = paniculata, the Tall Bluebell. That species grows as far east as Quebec = and could have been brought to NS as a garden plant, perhaps. Has anyone seen these? Larry Ayers ------=_NextPart_000_00B7_01CE736F.81CA83A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV>Could it be comfrey (symphytum officinale)? Different family, = but=20 fits your description.</DIV> <DIV>Jane</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: = inline"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dlarry.ayers@gmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:larry.ayers@gmail.com">Larry Ayers</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:58 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Bluebells (Mertensia) in = NS</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: = inline"> <DIV dir=3Dltr>Hello -- I'm an American staying in the Round Hill area = this=20 summer, and I've been trying to identify the native and alien plants in = the=20 neighborhood. Lots of aliens in the Annapolis Valley!=20 <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There's a road ditch in front of a vacant house on Hwy. 201 which = harbors a=20 profuse growth of a plant which has flowers very like those of the = Eastern=20 Bluebell, Mertensia virginica. It's a taller plant with rough-hairy = lanceolate=20 leaves and I'm wondering if it might be Mertensia paniculata, the Tall = Bluebell.=20 That species grows as far east as Quebec and could have been brought to = NS as a=20 garden plant, perhaps.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Has anyone seen these?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry Ayers </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00B7_01CE736F.81CA83A0--
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