Good grief Lin! You're right! I just went and looked at 2 transplants of "wingstem" that I had transplanted from the same "mother" patch. One patch has opposite leaves, while the other has alternating leaves. However, what doesn't make sense is that the plants with alternate leaves, has leaves that look more like the crownbeard and the one with opposite leaves, has leaves that look like those of the wingstem (V. alternifolia). I did not plant the plants (in the original patch) but they are an isolated patch and I find it hard to believe that both these species seeded themselves in the same spot so I'm wondering if there's some hybridizing going on here?!
