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Mystery Wildflower with Purple foliage-closeup blooms

comments (4) September 25th, 2010 in gallery

Deeej Deeej, member
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This is a wild plant growing in Arkansas, zone 7, partial shade, moist acidic soil. I am trying to identify it. Can anyone help?

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Comments (4)

Chanel3 writes: Yup...Jacobs ladder Posted: 2:24 pm on January 24th
RockportWildflower writes:
Looks like Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) to me.. Posted: 12:30 pm on January 24th
Deeej writes: Thank You Katie74! You're the best! Posted: 2:15 pm on October 1st
katie74 writes: looks like perilla frutescens Posted: 7:19 am on September 26th
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