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Sat, Jul 8, 06 at 14:35
Foliage looks like flax, but the flower has 4-petals and is red with a yellow eye. It is flowering on a 4" single un-branched stem which BTW makes up the entire plant!
Thanks Vera |
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- Posted by vera_eastern_wa 5b-6a (My Page) on Mon, Jul 10, 06 at 10:33
| Has nobody any idea?? Come on you expert ID'ers LOL! Vera |
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- Posted by ahughes798 z5 IL (My Page) on Tue, Jul 11, 06 at 14:30
| Sorry, I don't know, Vera! I'm not that familiar with native plants west of like...Iowa! It almost looks like a Cosmos. |
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| :) Iowa, that is pretty far west...and i know nuthing on that side of the mississippi either. i was also thinking cosmos or a crazy rockrose. do u have another picture of it Vera? maybe more mature? is there more than one? froggy |
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- Posted by vera_eastern_wa 5b-6a (My Page) on Wed, Jul 12, 06 at 9:47
| Hi April and Froggy, No it isn't a cosmo...Cosmos bipinnatus have more than 4 petals and are tall and branched. I did have 2 growing last year but they never came back because I harvested all the seed for trade. There is only 1 Vera |
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- Posted by ahughes798 z5 IL (My Page) on Wed, Jul 12, 06 at 17:51
| Well, I knew it wasn't a Cosmos...not enough petals, but it does look similar. Sorry I can't be of more help...I've got some studying to do. West of the Mississipp! |
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- Posted by vera_eastern_wa 5b-6a (My Page) on Thu, Jul 13, 06 at 9:48
| LOL April! I'm waiting for this to go to seed so I can collect. Whatever it is I want more of them. Well guess what else I discovered yesterday in my "little prairie"? Courtesy of the birds....Opium Poppy LOL!!! Lord only knows where it came from cause there isn't any growing around me. Vera |
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- Posted by ahughes798 z5 IL (My Page) on Sun, Jul 16, 06 at 0:25
| far out, man! LOL! Did you ever figure out the name of that one plant you had? I said it looked like agrimony, but it wasn't? Now I'm thinking it is Avens. april |
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