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Aug 28, 2016 12:44 PM CST
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Hi, I am looking to identify this plant to find a remedy to it's browning leaves. It looks like a fern but has very pleasant, sweet smell that reminds me of eucalyptus first, mint second.
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Aug 28, 2016 2:20 PM CST
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Aug 28, 2016 3:13 PM CST
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Thank You!
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Aug 28, 2016 3:53 PM CST
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Are you sure its a fern and not something like Tansy?
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Aug 29, 2016 6:48 PM CST
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Hi Daisyl, good question, I am actually not sure if it's a fern or not. I compared leaves to Tansy leaves, they look similar but they are not the same either.
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Ferns can often be identified by the spores on the under side of their leaves.
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Aug 29, 2016 7:56 PM CST
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Fern leaves always come out of the ground with that little curl and they don't branch. I'm thinking its not a fern.

Because of the Eucalyptus smell, I'm sticking with some sort of Tansy. If it bloomed, that would solve the dilema. The thing with identification is that there is some variability within a genus. So other characteristics have to be the determining factor. The leaf shape is close but no cigar. Flowers! We need flowers...

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The leaves do resemble Tansy. Although lighter in coloration, here's one for comparison:
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