what kind of flower or plant is this?

Question

My grandfather gave me some flower seeds that looked like little black pepper corns. The have grown about 12 inches tall, so far, and have long pointy leaves, thick circular stems with buds growing off the stems. Also, the bottom of the stems are purplish while the rest is green. A few have produced fuschia colored flowers and others are hot pink. The flowers look similiar to snapdragon flowers but are more open. Any ideas what this plant might be?

Answer 1

You may have a Linaria also called spurred snapdragon or baby snapdragon, or toadflax. Toadflax is in the same family as snapdragons and has a very similar flowers, only smaller. Cultivars include the Fantasy series: Blue, Magenta Rose, White & Yellow. There is also a Lace series I haven't seen.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/55839/

http://www.paghat.com/linaria.html
http://www.paghat.com/linaria2.html
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26515
http://www.ehow.com/how_6721_grow-toadflax-(linaria.html
Linaria maroccana is fragrant
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/130615/
Pineneedle toadflax
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/95417/
The Fairy Snapdragon Linaria origanifolia is more open but is blue. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53024/
http://www.blossomcreekfarm.com/catalog/item/4295247/4252185.htm

Answer 2

It sounds like sweet peas. Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae (legumes), native to the eastern Mediterranean region from Sicily east to Crete.

It is an annual climbing plant, growing to a height of 1-2 m where suitable support is available. The leaves are pinnate with two leaflets and a terminal tendril, this twining round supporting plants to help it climb. The flowers are purple, 2-3.5 cm broad, in the wild plant, larger and very variable in colour in the many cultivars. Unlike most peas, the seeds of the sweet pea are poisonous as they contain a neurotoxin, and should not be eaten. The illness caused by the ingestion of sweet peas is known as odoratism, or sweet pea lathyrism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_pea Here's a great sit on the seeds and flowers: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-13,GGGL:en&q=sweet%20pea%20seeds&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

Answer 3

The long pointy leaves and thick circular stems make me think they could be oleander. The flowers of the oleander plant can look vastly different variety to variety. Take a look at http://www.floridata.com/wallpaper/jpg/oleander_red800.jpg and http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Apocynaceae/Nerium_oleander2.jpg and see if either of these looks like your plant. Good luck finding out what it is!

Answer 4

Without a picture we can only guess. There are many seeds that look like pepper corns and many flowers that fit your descriptions.
Give us a pic if you can.
Sorry

Answer 5

That's a real tough question to answer. Especially that we can't see it. I'm sorry I don't know the answer. But you can try to look it up on a flower book.(which might take long.) so, just bring the flower to a professional gardener. He/she'll surely know. Good luck! :)