Subject: Re: Shamrocks

From: [email-masked]
Date: 29 Jun 1995 21:04:19 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Charles
Younger) wrote:

> Troy S Nies ([email-masked]) wrote:
> 
> : My wife and I are having a hard time find what the scientific name and, 
> : habitat,growing instructions, etc. are for Shamrocks.  We would like the 
> : true shamrocks from Ireland (small ones) and also the North American 
> : version you can get in greenhouses.
> 
The one species which I've seen touted as the "emblam of Ireland" is
Trifolium dubium,  a little plant which strongly resembles black medick
(Medicago lupulina), except for its seed pods.  

Les Goertzen

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From: [email-masked] (Jack Sanders)
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 00:00:37 GMT

[email-masked] (Troy S Nies) wrote:

>My wife and I are having a hard time find what the scientific name and, 
>habitat,growing instructions, etc. are for Shamrocks.  We would like the 
>true shamrocks from Ireland (small ones) and also the North American 
>version you can get in greenhouses.

There has long been debate as to just what the "true" shamrock is.
Some say it's the least hop clover, Trifolium dubium. Others say it is
the white wood-sorrel, Oxalis acetosella. A half dozen other plants in
Europe and North America have been called shamrocks.

--Jack Sanders, Ridgefield, Conn.