Have you heard of Mathiasella?

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Author Message   Formerly_ci  My Weather Posted on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 10:34 pm EST :    I hadn't but we have a nice specimen of it in a large container planting here in the garden. It is in the family Apiaceae (carrot family) and was named for Mildred Mathias. I believe this species is Mathiasella bupleuroides. Mildred Mathias was a groundbreaking woman botanist and was quite interesting. You can learn more about her here: http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/bg-am.html Or just enjoy some pictures of a very exciting plant. The bloom full view Just opening Past bloom All occur on the same plant making an interesting sight. If only I could figure out how to collect seed..... Formerly_ci New Jersey/New York Zone 6/7 (Northern California Sunset Zone 17)   Phyllis66  Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 09:20 am EST :    Great info, and photo's Kaveh... I enjoyed reading about Mildred. Thank You. Phyllis So.California Zone 9   Bruce  My Weather My Time Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 01:41 pm EST :    Very interesting plant. Always Gardening, Bruce, New Hampshire, USA, USDA zone 5   Kniphofia  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 03:00 pm EST :    I love it! Can we see more of the leaves? Sue Central Maine z4   Pink  Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 06:12 pm EST :    Unique, isn't it? Meg Pink ND Zone 4   Wanda  My Weather Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 08:19 pm EST :    I haven't heard of it, but it looks like a cool plant. The flowers remind me of a Hellebore. Thanks for the introduction! wanda CA Zone 9b   Formerly_ci  My Weather Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 08:39 pm EST :    Sue honestly there isn't much going on in the leaf department right now. Definately not a good foliage plant. At least not right now. But it still is getting new buds and going strong so who knows what it will do. I am going to try and collect seed but they don't look too easy to find. I havn't been able to find out much about this plant. I'm going to keep a look out for info on it though. Formerly_ci New Jersey/New York Zone 6/7 (Northern California Sunset Zone 17)   Fbonsailady  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2003 - 03:11 am EST :    Very unusual and interesting plant Kaveh, when I first saw your photos, like Wanda, thought 'flowers remind me of hellebores'. Have also been searching for you on the pc, different Universities/Botanical Departments/worldwide and still can't find out much about it except this piece below:- "The genus Mathiasella bupleuroides was published in 1954 by Lincoln Constance and C. Leo Hitchcock. First collected in Tamaulipas, Mexico, this herbaceous perennial of the carrot family (Apiaceae, also called umbellifers) possesses male flowers with green and purple petals and female flowers lacking petals, both types within a showy corolla-like involucre. The authors honored Mildred for "her personal qualities, which have been an important influence in promoting an attitude of friendly cooperation and good will among botanists all over the United States" (American Journal of Botany 41: 56-58). Kath.zone 8b. UK.   Formerly_ci  My Weather Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 08:02 am EST :    Just looked again at this post while looking for another old post of mine on the cutting garden which I must write an article about for the garden newsletter (drat...my original post is gone). Anyway I just wanted to say that I was wrong about it not being a good foliage plant. Once the old flower stems were cut back the foliage renewed itself and is quite lovely. Sort of like Bupleurum another member of the carrot family. Also we learned that it does not set viable seed. Or at the very least viable seed is scarce. The only way to propagate is via root cuttings. Oh well. I guess I won't be having this in my garden back home. Formerly_ci New Jersey/New York Zone 6/7 (Northern California Sunset Zone 17)

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