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Alex6015
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Unknown Forest Plant Identification

Hi all. About a week ago I took a reddish long stemmed plant from a forest around here and I planted it in my garden.It had no flowers. Just some leaves on its stem. I watered it and in a few weeks it made some yellowish-green flowers with a pleasant scent of honey and lemon (I think :? ) and I want to know what it is. Here are some pics with it after it flowered.Please tell me what it is called. :)

[img]https://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww123/Alex6015/Anglia003.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww123/Alex6015/Anglia004.jpg[/img]

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rainbowgardener
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Your plant looks a bit like missouri sundrops, a lovely native
Oenothera missouriensis or O. macrocarpa ( Missouri Primrose Sundrops ), but the flowers of that are usually a bit more cupped than yours look like. Here's a link to some sundrops pictures, see what you think

https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/1152/

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Alex6015
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Thanks rainbow but...the flowers are different. Theyre not simple flowers (like pansies and others), the flowers are in pairs and the both come from the same leaf-like circle. And as I said, it smells like honey and lemon BUT I did not buy it from somewhere, I just took it from a forest where it grew in the wilderness so it can be a variation to some species.However the main thing is how the flowers are arranged(as you can see in the pictures,in pairs). Thanks :wink: . If anyone knows what are these don't't hesitate to reply.

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Oh and...wasn't Missouri (Missouri Sundrops) a state in the US? I live in north-eastern Romania, in Europe. I doubt I will fiind American species there. :?

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It could be some kind of Bupleurum, perhaps Bupleurum longifolium.

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Kisal
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This is just a wild guess on my part, but could it be a yellow form of Jeffersonia dubia? All I can find are pictures of the plant with light lavender flowers, so I may be totally off base with my guess. Jeffersonia dubia is a common forest plant in your area, though.

[url=https://www.palantir.co.uk/newgarpic/240406d.JPEG]Click here[/url] to see an image of Jeffersonia dubia.

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those florets have the quintessential look of euphorbia, of which there are many varieties.

https://www.lazyssfarm.com/Plants/Perennials/E_files/E_Images/euphorbia_seguieriana_niciciana.htm

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those florets have the quintessential look of euphorbia, of which there are many varieties.
I think that genus is also native to america, although I could be wrong.



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