False Buck's Beard - Astilbe japonica

Habitat: Growing near a pond edge

comments (9)

Flown Kimmerling

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Interesting! Looks like a cultivar, but the location is weird for that, no? Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  It was weird. I assumed it was a garden escapee? There’s a garden not far from the pond. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    That sounds like a possibility! Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
      
      Lion
      
      PS. I see some Lactuca in the background :D I love breaking it open-- and also sniffing it :D Posted 4 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
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        Ohhh, haha - "opium lettuce". I was just searching on JD and I have never shared any pics of it! Did you know that it was used to treat nymphomania? Posted 4 years ago
      2. Flown Kimmerling
        
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        i had no idea. i have heard of people making homemade pain treatments with the "milk" though. Posted 4 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
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        I’ve heard it can help pain and that it has a calming effect. Also, smoking it gets you high. Posted 4 years ago
3. Ferdy Christant
  
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  Astilbe japonica? Posted 4 years ago
4. 1. Christine Young
    
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    That's what I'm thinking. I think I'll add the ID for now. Posted 4 years ago

The False Buck's Beard

"Astilbe japonica", called false buck's beard, is a species of flowering plant in the genus "Astilbe", native to Japan, and introduced in New York State. Its hybrid cultivars 'Deutschland', 'Montgomery', and 'Rheinland' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Similar species: Saxifragales

Species identified by Christine Young