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The 'name that plant' thread.

Worztron

Hi.

Can anyone name the exact type of Shamrock in the attached image?

Thanks.

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Worztron

I can confirm it's a Trifolium repens (white clover).

looksee

Are you sure? It does not appear to have the leaf markings of clover, I would have guessed some kind of medic, but without flowers I'm not sure.

macraignil

looksee wrote: »

Are you sure? It does not appear to have the leaf markings of clover, I would have guessed some kind of medic, but without flowers I'm not sure.

I remember an experiment when I was at UCC Plant Science Department connected with the leaf markings on clover. I'm a bit vague now on the exact results of the experiment but I remember there was clover with leaf markings and clover without leaf markings and the lecturer (later Professor) counted both types as clover, so I think you can have clover without leaf markings. It looks like clover to me.

looksee

Ok, I am not sure enough to argue, it does seem to have the more matte, slightly serrated edges of medic though, but they are so similar - even some of the medics have patterned leaves - that I would not like to say.

macraignil

looksee wrote: »

Ok, I am not sure enough to argue, it does seem to have the more matte, slightly serrated edges of medic though, but they are so similar - even some of the medics have patterned leaves - that I would not like to say.

Definitely not sure myself either. Medic and clover seem to be part of the same family anyway so not sure I could be sure which one was which.

Worztron

I think I'll settle with Trifolium repens.

lk67

Looking at the leaf size given it's in a 9cm pot it appears to be Trifolium dubium, which is often the plant retailed as Shamrock.

Worztron

lk67 wrote: »

Looking at the leaf size given it's in a 9cm pot it appears to be Trifolium dubium, which is often the plant retailed as Shamrock.

Hmm. I think I'll still side with Trifolium repens.

Worztron

Hi. Does anyone know the name of this plant? Thanks.

macraignil

I think it's a chrysanthemum.

Worztron

macraignil wrote: »

I think it's a chrysanthemum.

Cheers macraignil.

Worztron

lk67 wrote: »

Looking at the leaf size given it's in a 9cm pot it appears to be Trifolium dubium, which is often the plant retailed as Shamrock.

Original post on shamrock: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=106286252&postcount=1

Could it be this?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=oxalis+regnellii&atb=v55-5_a&iax=images&ia=images

looksee

No, Oxalis is quite different to either clover or medic (which I still favour as an identification) It has a completely different plant structure and the leaves are not all that similar (apart from being trefoil) either.

Worztron

looksee wrote: »

No, Oxalis is quite different to either clover or medic (which I still favour as an identification) It has a completely different plant structure and the leaves are not all that similar (apart from being trefoil) either.

I guess it looks more like a Medicago lupulina than Trifolium dubium which lk67 mentioned earlier. I'm really unsure now as to the exact name.

macraignil

Worztron wrote: »

I guess it looks more like a Medicago lupulina than Trifolium dubium which lk67 mentioned earlier. I'm really unsure now as to the exact name.

Both plants look very similar in pictures on the internet but I'd be more inclined to guess it's Trifolium dubium as in some of the pictures the Medicago lupina seem to have slightly more elongated leaves.

Worztron

macraignil wrote: »

Both plants look very similar in pictures on the internet but I'd be more inclined to guess it's Trifolium dubium as in some of the pictures the Medicago lupina seem to have slightly more elongated leaves.

Hi macraignil. I will just call it a Shamrock for now until I get 100% confirmation in time.

macraignil

Worztron wrote: »

Hi macraignil. I will just call it a Shamrock for now until I get 100% confirmation in time.

Sounds reasonable to me.

Worztron

The shamrock has grown a lot since I last posted. Here's 3 photos I took today. I think 'Trifolium repens' is ruled out. 'Medicago lupulina' & 'Trifolium dubium' look the most likely (yellow flowers) as others have suggested here.