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Wingstem plant - (Verbesina alternifolia)

Suspected spontaneous aurea sectoral variegation. Localized chartreuse/yellow sector with relatively distinct boundary observed on mature foliage; scattered pale markings on additional leaves. Genetic/chimeral origin currently unconfirmed pending recurrence in subsequent growth.

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🌿 Pigmentation summary
Plant: Toothed spurge (Euphorbia sp.)
Phenotype: Anthocyanin pigmentation / purple maculation
Pattern: Irregular spots, blotches and larger dark sectors
Color: Burgundy → purple-brown
Variegation: No, because this isn't primarily loss of chlorophyll
Likely pigment: Anthocyanins layered visually over otherwise chlorophyllous tissue
Distribution: Strong and repeated throughout the population shown
Health: Looks broadly normal; it's flowering/fruiting quite enthusiastically

Some leaves are especially dramatic because the anthocyanin patches have merged into huge near-black-purple sectors. Those can look exactly like some weird reverse-variegation mutation at first glance. Plants apparently weren't satisfied with making identification difficult enough already.

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🌿 Variegation Summary: Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)
Type: Suspected aurea/chartreuse sectoral variegation
Confidence: Moderate, pending confirmation from new growth
Pattern: Sectoral to irregular/marbled chlorophyll reduction
Color: Lime/chartreuse to yellow-green rather than white, so aurea, not albo
Distribution: Present across multiple leaves, with some sharply defined green/pale boundaries
Leaf underside: Pale sectors remain visibly lighter from underneath, supporting an actual difference within the leaf tissue
Stability: Unknown. Several consecutive new leaves showing the same pattern would strongly support stable somatic/chimeric variegation
Other symptoms: Fine stippling across the foliage appears separate from the large variegated sectors and may represent mite/insect feeding or environmental damage
Overall: Strong candidate for genuine spontaneous variegation, but I'd document the next several leaves before officially calling it stable.

Solanum carolinense — spontaneous aurea/chartreuse sectoral variegation, stability under observation.

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Variegation Summary: Desmodium rotundifolium
Observed phenotype: Aurea / yellow-green sectoral variegation

Pattern: The plant shows a mixture of large yellow sectors, smaller irregular splashes, and predominantly green foliage. Individual leaflets range from almost entirely green to heavily yellow, with some approaching roughly 50–80% yellow tissue. The boundaries between green and yellow are often fairly sharp rather than displaying the diffuse, whole-leaf pattern I'd expect from ordinary chlorosis.

Distribution: Variegation occurs across multiple leaves and multiple nodes, rather than being confined to one damaged leaf. Some growth remains completely or nearly completely green. That mosaic distribution is particularly interesting because it is compatible with a somatic/chimeral mutation, although photographs alone can't establish the underlying mechanism.

Color: The affected tissue is primarily bright yellow to chartreuse, not white, making aurea a much better descriptive term than albo. Some very yellow portions have browned/necrotic margins, probably because chlorophyll-deficient tissue is more vulnerable to environmental stress.

Comparison plant: The nearby D. rotundifolium in photos 4–5 appears normally green, while the variegated specimen shows discrete yellow sectors under apparently similar growing conditions. That makes a simple site-wide nutrient or environmental problem less convincing.

Current assessment:
Strong candidate for spontaneous aurea sectoral variegation, potentially chimeral. The really important test is whether new growth continues producing the same yellow/green pattern. If vegetative propagation also retains it, things get considerably more interesting.

Field-record wording:
Desmodium rotundifolium displaying spontaneous yellow (aurea) sectoral and mottled foliar variegation. Phenotype occurs across multiple leaves and nodes, with variable expression from predominantly green to predominantly yellow leaflets. Some chlorophyll-deficient sectors exhibit marginal necrosis. Nearby conspecific growth displays normal green pigmentation. Persistence in subsequent growth and vegetative propagules remains to be determined.

Basically: not just "yellow plant." This is a pretty damn convincing variegation candidate. 🌱💛💚

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Solanum carolinense — Wild Albo Variegation
Species: Solanum carolinense L.

Common name: Carolina horsenettle
Family: Solanaceae
Origin: Wild-collected specimen
Variegation type: Albo / chlorophyll-deficient sectoral variegation

Description:
Wild S. carolinense displaying irregular white-to-cream chlorophyll-deficient sectors against otherwise normally green foliage. Variegation ranges from small flecks and streaks to comparatively large sectors, including a prominent near-half-sector on one leaf. Boundaries between green and albino tissue are relatively sharp but irregular, with smaller areas showing mottled or fragmented transitions.

Pattern: Sectoral + marbled/speckled albo. The strongest expression follows broad portions of the blade rather than producing uniform marginal or interveinal chlorosis. Multiple leaves show independent white sectors or flecking.

Interpretation: The appearance is consistent with localized loss/reduction of chlorophyll production rather than anthocyanin pigmentation. Because the phenotype occurs on multiple leaves and remains visible after transplantation, it's worth documenting as a potentially stable somatic or genetic variegation. Whether it's genuinely heritable can't be established from appearance alone.

Collection-note shorthand:
Solanum carolinense — wild albo. Sectoral/marbled chlorophyll-deficient variegation; irregular cream-white sectors, streaks and flecking across multiple leaves. Stability/heredity undetermined.

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Oenothera cf. biennis — anthocyanic maculation phenotype (purple-spotted rosette), cause undetermined

Pigmentation phenotype: Irregular anthocyanic maculation of the leaf blade; discrete dark-purple macules, frequently coalescing into larger patches, predominantly expressed on mature rosette leaves. Green tissue retained between macules; pale midrib largely unpigmented.

Other specimens of the same species in the local area do not show similar pigmentation

definitely another botanical oddity lol

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