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RE: Oyster Plant - a highly regarded plant in Ancient Rome and Greece.

in #acanthus7 years ago

90c6f6-300.jpgThere are many varieties in the world that are very diverse.wonderful posting about Oyster plant. Oyster plant is a short-stemmed, tender foliage plant that makes attractive, small, dense, spreading clumps. It forms a solid groundcover of upright leaves. The six- to eight-inch-long, sword-shaped leaves are green above and purplish belowAcanthus-Mollis-.jpg. The unusual flowers, borne down among the leaves, appear as clusters of tiny white flowers nestled within two boat-shaped. @ctrl-alt-nwo

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Top plant is not same as bottom plant, the bottom one is Acanthus mollis, the top one is altogether different plant. Both are Oyster plant, that is common name applying to many different plants, only one plant is Acanthus mollis ( the Botanical name is to avoid confusion).