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Sun, Mar 4, 12 at 17:05
| Do you recognize this daisy wildflower which is growing around the yard this spring? The leaves look like a squash vine when they first appear.
Thanks |
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- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Sun, Mar 4, 12 at 23:18
| Could it be Texas star, Texas yellow star AKA Lindheimerii texana? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Lindheimerii texana
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- Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on Mon, Mar 5, 12 at 10:32
| Thanks Mara. It certainly looks a lot like the first photo on the link. Then the rest of the photos are completely different. The others are limited to five petals and the leaves are jagged not rounded. |
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- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Wed, Mar 7, 12 at 1:02
| Lady Bird Johnson called them DYMs ...Damn Yellow Composits |
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- Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on Wed, Mar 7, 12 at 9:59
| She thought they were weeds? |
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| I'm thinking the comment was made because there were so many yellow daisy like wild flowers that were difficult to ID perhaps because each locality had a slightly different version of the same plant. Rose rustlers had a similar comment when trying to ID red China roses because there were so many variations. |
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- Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on Wed, Mar 7, 12 at 16:33
| I looked it up and that is what she meant. They are too difficult to tell apart. |
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- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Fri, Mar 9, 12 at 8:46
| I met lady Bird once and I told her what my Uncle , An Yankee mushroom hunter called brown mushrooms-, "LBJ's" or Little Brown Jobs. She nodded. She had been hunting mushrooms up in New Hampshire and they made sure she heard that one. |
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| Definitely looks like my yellow coreopsis. |
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- Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on Fri, Mar 9, 12 at 9:47
| That's a funny story, Mara. She was amazing. |
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- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Fri, Mar 9, 12 at 13:27
| My coreopsis grows from a rosette. It is not a solitary stem, even when young. |
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