Re: A thick red stalk and thin, leathery, white-veined leaves?

Euphorbia lathyris, the so called "Gopher Plant" has paired leaves,
distinctly 4 ranked, the whole plant is glaucous and looks nothing like what
Dan describes.

Even though Euphorbia is a very large genus, none of the native ones or
introduced weedy ones could even remotely be described as looking like a
palm tree.


JPittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Could be a Euphorbia - like gopher plant.
>
> Dan Stanley wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I live in Northern Virginia's Shenandoah Valley (zone six I believe) and
I
> > saw some very attractive plants that looked like they should have been
in a
> > pot by the side of the road today.
> >
> > They were from one to two feet tall and had thick, soft, red stems. The
> > leaves all came out of the single stalk and looked like the top of a
palm
> > tree except they continued down the stalk a ways. The leaves were long -
> > maybe six inches - and thin - about 3/4 inch - dark, leathery green with
> > white veins.
> >
> > We have had a couple of good frosts so most plants are down for the
winter
> > but these looked very comfortable growing out of the grass. There were
> > several of them growing side by side.
> >
> > I looked around a little for a picture of something similar but didn't
have
> > any luck. Any guidance you might give me would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
> >
> >
>