Sorry to have to tap your expertise again, but I am getting requests to ID this plant.

[alfredo]

It wasn't labelled at the Arboretum, and the office was closed, so I turn to you for help.

What is this?



Tks

[herding cats]

1. Was it a shrub or small tree?

If so it may be a crepe myrtle.

[alfredo]

6. Thanks, it is a Crepe Myrtle.

[herding cats]

14. I'm glad I could help.

Goodness knows I owe more plant IDs than I'll ever be able to repay.

[samnsara]

2. wow looks like pics of...

...the cotton my mom used to pick

[alfredo]

5. Yeah. We have an ID

[pkdu]

3. Looks very like this?

http://www.actaplantarum.org/floraitaliae/download/file.php?id=289271


Rose Mallow or Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. palustris

[alfredo]

4. It's Crepe Myrtle. Thanks

There's difference in the seed pod.

[Glitterati]

7. I would have said Rose of Sharon myself

Crepe Myrtle seed pods are much more clustered

[alfredo]

9. Most of them have fallen off, or picked.

[juxtaposed]

8. could be a Crepe Myrtle. Would be nice to see the tree in one shot.

[alfredo]

10. I was shooting macro that day.

[juxtaposed]

11. I didn't know it was your post, I have about 4 crepe myrtle tree's in my yard I'll post a pic of on

e if I can find them. It does look like their seed pods.

[alfredo]

12. I looked for a summer photo of that bush, but I couldn't find it.

I seem to remember pink flowers.

[juxtaposed]

13. this is a quick link to some plants the few in the beginning has a crepe seed pod

https://www.flickr.com/gp/juxtaposeesopatxuj/23120x

[juxtaposed]

15. this is what they look like before seed

https://flic.kr/p/5dEkUT

[alfredo]

16. I think I have some at that stage in my archive disc.