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There is a kind of Lousewort that grows wild up here. I have not been able to find out anything about this particular kind anywhere.
Louseworts of this kind are definitely related as a Genus right next to Snapdragons' Genus.
These seem to be an unusual kind of biennial. The one that grew across from my cabin last year bloomed it's first year. Sprouts in January. That is only a bit sooner or a bit later than other things that sprout from seeds around here. Sprouts the coldest time of the year.
Well, right near the one last year that bloomed and then got munched by deer before I could collect the seeds, another one is now growing.
I am going to do a transplant on this one. Into my garden she goes. Now, the few places I have seen these is always in hard packed terrible soil. So, I have to do the unusual thing for her. I'll transplant her with a huge rootball, presuming a vital taproot is under her. The far west part of one of my beds will be her home, and I'll prepare a place with crappy packable soil. After transplanting her and babying, I'll slowly pack the soil tight, and probably put plastic around to keep from watering too much.
I really want her seeds!
Flower stalk is very much like a Snapdragon's. Flowers are yellow with a slight hint of brown, and actually very subtle brown spots on a lower petal. Only one or two flowers open at a time with some overlap of timing. Two or three foot tall, the base is a rosette. At first, like so many wildflowers, the young plant can look vaguely like a Dandelion. The individual flowers are almost flat and open without the petal complexity of Penstemons or Snapdragons.
These could easily be ancestors of a future domesticated flower. Just a feeling, but it would not take too long to develop varieties that enjoy more care, make more flowers open at a time, some with more browns then variations, some white, bloom sooner, some taller, some smaller.
I really like them. Lousewort. What kind of a name is that? Ya know, and some folks call our Moorehens Mudhens. Up closer, they are far too beautiful for any kind of such a name as Mudhen. Pretty faced duck would be better. Lousewort! Bright Golden Rocket would be a much better and appropriate name!
Louseworts of this kind are definitely related as a Genus right next to Snapdragons' Genus.
These seem to be an unusual kind of biennial. The one that grew across from my cabin last year bloomed it's first year. Sprouts in January. That is only a bit sooner or a bit later than other things that sprout from seeds around here. Sprouts the coldest time of the year.
Well, right near the one last year that bloomed and then got munched by deer before I could collect the seeds, another one is now growing.
I am going to do a transplant on this one. Into my garden she goes. Now, the few places I have seen these is always in hard packed terrible soil. So, I have to do the unusual thing for her. I'll transplant her with a huge rootball, presuming a vital taproot is under her. The far west part of one of my beds will be her home, and I'll prepare a place with crappy packable soil. After transplanting her and babying, I'll slowly pack the soil tight, and probably put plastic around to keep from watering too much.
I really want her seeds!
Flower stalk is very much like a Snapdragon's. Flowers are yellow with a slight hint of brown, and actually very subtle brown spots on a lower petal. Only one or two flowers open at a time with some overlap of timing. Two or three foot tall, the base is a rosette. At first, like so many wildflowers, the young plant can look vaguely like a Dandelion. The individual flowers are almost flat and open without the petal complexity of Penstemons or Snapdragons.
These could easily be ancestors of a future domesticated flower. Just a feeling, but it would not take too long to develop varieties that enjoy more care, make more flowers open at a time, some with more browns then variations, some white, bloom sooner, some taller, some smaller.
I really like them. Lousewort. What kind of a name is that? Ya know, and some folks call our Moorehens Mudhens. Up closer, they are far too beautiful for any kind of such a name as Mudhen. Pretty faced duck would be better. Lousewort! Bright Golden Rocket would be a much better and appropriate name!
