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Originally Posted by Allen Repashy
Those A. ovatafolia specimens are fabulous! Some of them look a lot like the specimen that Kelly Griffin showed in his talk at the CSSA convention. He said it was several hundred miles out of the normal range for the species, but that it looked more like it than not. The one with the crinkles in the leaves is a really striking individual.
Why isn't Nick a member here at Xeric World?  I would love to get some comments from him on those plants!
Hint Hint....
Allen |
Hello, I've just turned up...
Allen, most of the pictures I think you're referring to are pure A. ovatifolia taken at the type locaility. The one with the valleculate (crinkled) leaves etc etc.
The shots at the bottom of the post, with my girlfriend for scale are the same thing Kelly found recently, but not in the exact same place. This appears to be akin to A. ovatifolia, but as Kelly says it is much further south. Visually they are not quite right compared to the plants further north, even taking into consideration the huge variability that exists within the A. ovatifolia population. They may end up being a southern population of slightly different form or perhaps something new, but for now I'm calling them A. aff. ovatifolia.