These two plants grow live about 100 feet apart in the Asian Collections and it's just odd how similar they are....in an upside down sort of way. Both are in the mint family and both are east Asian natives. Rostrinucula is a woody plant, a multi-stemmed shrub that give the superficial impression of being Buddleia davidii (Logonaceae). Leucosceptrum is a perennial that develops strong stems...almost woody, not quite. Both tend to attract butterflies but this hasn't been a great year for butterflies and they seem to have grown even scarcer the past few weeks.
Nice comparison! Wouldn't you have liked to be around when the original separations and divisions were occurring and see just how something like this happens...but then you'd be dead now, so maybe not such a good idea.
ReplyDeleteI'll be dead soon enough in Geologic Time. I do like thinking about different time scales though. Like, would you want to be a midge: a year swimming around, then only one day to fly. They do get to mate, but still, one day....
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