Flowering for the first time this year is one of our favorite umbellifers (carrot family), Molopospermum peleponnesiacum. We grow this for the fernlike foliage, so flower stalks are just an add-on. Molopospermum is a monotypic genus, meaning there is only a single species, which in this case hails from the Alps (France, Italy), and Pyrenees
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Flowering this week is the little-known Asian member of the carrot (Apiaceae) family, Pternopetalum latipinnulatum. This oddity hails from both China and a single population in Arunachal, India, where it grows on forested slopes between 2,000′ and 7,500′ elevation. The 15″ tall clumps are perfect for gardeners who are really into BIO (botanical interest only)
Cornering the market for plants which have no market – Pternopetalum Read More »
