Not a Triffid.

July 16, 2009 6:37 AM

Remember this note trying to identify a plant?

Baby has grown up to be a Symphyotrichum puniceum or purple-stemmed aster. It doesn't have flowers yet, but the growth pattern of the mature plant screams "aster".

posted by lleachie to MetaFilter-related at 6:37 AM (10 comments total)

No, no I don't.
posted by gman at 6:47 AM on July 16

Interesting, but the thread is still open, so this probably goes there.
posted by Mid at 6:53 AM on July 16

Yay?
posted by slogger at 6:54 AM on July 16

You posted a MetaTalk thread to tell us about how your flower has grown?
posted by iamkimiam at 7:04 AM on July 16

I can see by all the people who favorited that thread that the masses were clamoring for this information.
posted by amro at 7:14 AM on July 16 [1 favorite]

Remember when I said I had to poop?

I pooped.
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 7:21 AM on July 16 [4 favorites]

The growth pattern of this immature thread screams "tough crowd".
posted by DU at 7:21 AM on July 16 [1 favorite]

Aww, cut him/her some slack. Clearly it was killing him/her not knowing what that thing was.
posted by Rhomboid at 7:31 AM on July 16

the growth pattern of the mature plant screams "aster"

I remember screaming "aster" a few times. With an F in front of aster. Good times.
posted by iconomy at 7:34 AM on July 16 [9 favorites]

Cool that an answer has been found, but that wasn't exactly an epic askme mystery and the question thread is still very much open, so this is probably pushing past the reasonable utility of metatalk followops.
posted by cortex at 7:34 AM on July 16