Hi,
Glad to see it regrowth!!!
Let see how the flowers will be : Here is the description of M turcomanica plant (description taken from Flora of the USSR), So, let's see if it fits.
1. M. turcomanica Mizgir. in Tr. Turkm. AN SSSR, II (1942)
165. — Ic: Mizgireva, I.e. fig. 1, 2.
Perennial. Leaves spreading over ground in large rosette up to 160 cm in diameter; lower leaves up to 80 cm long and 60 cm broad, broadly elliptical or ovate, in upper half usually with large, irregularly triangular teeth up to 2 cm long; upper leaves smaller, oblong-ovate or broadly lanceolate, usually without large teeth, both with crispate margins, upper surface papillose-rugose, both surfaces subglabrous, lower surface usually very sparsely hairy along ribs, hairs more numerous on young leaves. Flowers 1-3 in leaf axils, on slender sparsely pubescent, (0.5)2-3 cm long pedicels elongated up to 7-18 cm in fruit. Calyx 15-20 mm long, with ovate- or triangular-lanceolate sparsely pubescent lobes 10-15 mm long and 5-8 mm broad, with acuminate apex, accrescent and enclosing fruit up to 3/4 of its length or completely. Corolla violet, base with 3 white stripes reaching half its length, sparsely pubescent outside, 20-25 mm long, with slightly recurved, broadly ovate, subobtuse lobes about 15 mm long and 10-15 mm broad. Stamens about 10 mm long, filaments about 7 mm long, densely white tomentose at base; anthers about 4 mm long, pale blue. Style longer than stamens; stigma green. Berry globose, up to 6 cm in diameter, smooth, glossy, orange-yellow when ripe. Seeds reniform, flat, 4-5 mm long and 6-7 mm broad, yellow or light brown. Flowering from November to April. Fruiting from May to June.
On stony and rubbley slopes with thickets of Paliurus spina-christi Mill, and along dry river beds in mountain valleys at an altitude of about 500-700 m. — Soviet Central Asia: mountainous Turkmenia (western Kopet-Dag, southern foothills of the Syunt and Chokhagach mountains, in the localities of Shevlan, Shepli, Altybai, Ekechinar, Dagdanly, Sarymsakly, and Keriz). General distribution: Iran? Described from Shevlan in the southern foothills of Mt. Syunt. Type in Leningrad, isotype in Ashkhabad.
Note. Easily distinguished from related species by the following features: from M. officinarum L. by the violet (and not greenish white) corolla, pale blue (and not pale yellow) anthers, larger calyx only slightly shorter than (and not 1/3-2/5) corolla, berry almost twice as large; from M. autumnalis Spreng. — by the form and much larger size of leaves and fruits, color of anthers, larger calyx, etc.
The plant is exceptionally interesting as regards its biology; its vegetative period extends from autumn to early summer, interrupted only during the driest and hottest periods of the year: the leafy rosette develops with the beginning of the rainy season; flowering and fruit formation extends from early November to mid-April; fruits ripen from May to July, and leaves start withering in the first half of June. The plant is capable of vegetative reproduction, having numerous underground buds on its root.
M. turcomanica has not yet been studied for an assessment of its alkaloid content, but according to information supplied by Mizgireva (I.e., p. 169) it is used by local Turkmen population as a medicinal plant.
In the meantime, you can aslo investigate about plant origin to the friend who gave it to you: I am curious too!!!
Yves
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