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Tuesday - June 05, 2012
From: Edison, NJ
Region: Northeast
Topic: Plant Identification
Title: Plant Identification
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I have a plant that looks like a lamb ear leaf but with a carnation flower on top. What is it?ANSWER:
First of all, our focus and expertise are with plants native to North America. From your description I doubt that your plant is a plant native to North America and, therefore, we are not the ones to be asking about it. If you will take photos of it and then visit our Plant Identification page, you find links to several plant identification forums that will accept photos of plants for identification.
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