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Can anybody identify this? We found it in somebody's backyard in Bartlesville, OK, USA. It's probably something obvious but I am no flower expert!
Please? :)
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It seems to me that the lower things are in the food-chain, the harder it is to identify them, because of the increase in the variety of species. I guess it's a food pyramid.
I can identify local mammals without a field guide. I can identify local birds fairly easily from a national field guide. I have not yet found a western field guide which lists most of the local insects, and the local (i.e. southern california) plant field guides seem to barely scratch the surface.
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Looks to me like Gill-over-the-ground, Ground ivy, or to the locals in W. North Carolina, Creeping Charlie. Glechoma hederacea, it's a ground creeper that's pretty prolific and has a unique scent when you pick/scrunch it. Well, it is part of the mint family, so that seems right.
Good that you photographed it close-up and with something contrasting behind it so that the form could be seen.
It's a European introduction and because its so prolific, some curse it as a weed but its pretty much naturalized (meaning that it's not native, but probably won't be going away - just like us non-Native American types)
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Sorry, should have posted this to the thread, I posted it to the image...
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Mmmmm....mint!
That's henbit, Lamium amplexicaule.
Actually I am not sure if it is edible, but it is a mint.
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Ooops! Yep, the flowers are popping out of the top instead of the axils! I stand corrected. It is Henbit! :)
Guess i didn't read that recent article in Duh! Magazine. heh.
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I wouldn't call it a duh. I went back and checked after I read your response.
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Oooh! Henbit. I'm pretty sure that's exactly what I have from a grassy open space in S CA, sitting in a file somewhere labeled "mint fam, 10" purple herb, to be ID'ed." Cool!
Here are 2 that I need species IDs on. Zen, would you like us to get things definitively ID'ed here before posting them to the group, or is it ok to do it in parallel (as long as we're sure they're native/naturalized), & go back & add the genus/species tags as avail? I posted the sunflowers, but can delete them pending ID if you like. (Wasn't planning on posting the purple aster because it's a rather unprepossessing photo, of botanical interest only, but I certainly will if you want me to.)
EDIT: working diagnosis is California Bush Sunflower, Encelia californica. Comments/corrections always welcome.
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I'm not very familiar with Western Plant IDs, Anita, but i'm hoping someone here will help out. Also, there's an ID group ID please that is for general bugs/animals/plants, and of course a garden-oriented question time place.
I'd prefer at this point that people only place photos of plants/flowers that they know - i'm not an expert in many plants and a big part of this group is to build up a collection of viable identifiers and helpful photos. If there's some errata or unknowns, then it spoils all that good data.
I hope i'm not being too demanding, but at first i want people to stick to the rules that give us a foundation for a great group.
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Not at all! I've yanked the sunflowers until we can get them pinned down. And thanks for the genus tag on the mimulus -- sorry I missed it.
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DSutherland [deleted] says:
Yeah I was going to say it looks like mountain mint, except the flowers on mountain mint aren't as colorful (the pink flower from before)
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Didn't expect to have trouble ID'ing something this distinctive, but I am! Checked everywhere, including brute-force search on USDA site, but nothing that looks right.
Details & links to addl shots in the Description. Thanks all!
EDIT: Urtica answered this one before I even finished posting the question. :-) Scilla siberica, Siberian squill (a naturalized ornamental).
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I've just joined. Is this one OK to post to this group?
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... i've looked at several lists of western pennsylvania wildflowers but couldn't ID this sweet litte thing the size of my pinky's nail ...
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Leafy, I think that is some type of wild geranium. I was unable to identify it to species though.
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OSW, I think we are supposed to ID to species before posting to the pool. Then as long as it's growing in the wilds of North America, it's okay.
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Hi everyone,
I posted this picture in another group and was invited to post it here.
I live in Holland though, so I'm not sure it is appropriate with the group rules (plus I don't know what you call it in america
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Hey Miki, (Sorry it took me a bit to get back to you)
This is a sweet little plant - very delicate. Unfortunately, it's not a native of North America, and so isn't appropriate here. I know you were invited to post, but we got a bit anxious. Thanks anyways and if you take photos of plants that are native to both your area and North America, we'd love to see them! :)
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This is a native California wildflower in the Boraginaceae family. It's either Cryptantha or Plagiobothrys although this only means it's one of like 150 species. Thought I'd give it a shot and see if anyone might have any suggestions as to what species.
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Could someone help me identify this? Found in Madison County, Western North Carolina.
Posted 36 months ago.
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Spotted Knapweed, Centaurea maculosa, but it wasn't until i saw it from the side view could i really tell...
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__edited__
Turns out the plant wasn't dame's rocket, it's a phlox that is native, so it does belong here. oops.
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I would put dame's rocket here if I saw it growing in the wild. It is certainly naturalized in many parts of the U.S.
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I agree. And that's a reminder to all that we've opened up the subject matter to really any flower that is in the wild (and not part of a homestead/yard) Though i'm hoping people don't find Canna Lilies in the everglades...
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With urtica's help i identified an elderberry photo -- of the berries. The sites i've found identify it as a north american native. It's growing along a trail semi-urban trail, Steven's creek which drains into the southern end of San Francisco Bay. It's not a landscaped trail, although the trail supporters have planted native and ornamental plants along it.
I'll pull it, if desired.
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Elaine, I appreciate your being consciencious on this point. And while i think if you found it in the wild that much then it probably is naturalized to some degree. The only real problem is that it isn't in the flower form. I really have only intended to focus on the flowers and haven't yet approached the berries, drupes, seeds and nuts part of IDing.
Please feel free though to put other flower photos up, and again we thank Urtica for being so knowledgeable!
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:-) Thanks to everyone for posting such interesting photos.
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I think this is a Dame's Rocket, and I don't know if it is native, but I have more pics of it in the wild that I want to post if this is ok for this group. Just let me know if I have tagged this right!
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Besides being a cool shot, Little_Debi, you did some perfect tagging! Thanks so much.
And yes, it can be found in the wild, so it's appropriate for this group. :)
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Anyone know what this is? I found it in a couple places around BC, Canada in the sub-alpine region of Manning Park (Heather Trail) and up at the top of Whistler.
Posted 35 months ago.
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I honestly don't know, Hez. Did you try the Flower group or other ID places?
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Not sure about this one - whether it's native or even the species.
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If it's Carolina Jasmine, Gelsemium sempervirens, then it's native, and it looks like the ones i've seen except the leaves were a little more ovate. The problem is that in Sailor's photo, the shot is directly down the 'throat' of the flower and G. sempervirens is a long throated vine (again which i can't tell).
Anyone else? Sailor5116?
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I left a comment under the photo.
You guys would get a native plant looking like that - sheesh! ;-)
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If you'd like to live here, Helen and i would be glad to let you and yours stay with us until you find a place to live, Urtica, but if you're moving to Asheville the rule is "bring your own job."
:)
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LOL zen!! Can my job be "Master of the Kudzu"? ;-D
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HA!
Yes, but you have to live in a Princess Tree-house and eat Garlic Mustard greens.
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I don't remember what this was called and can't find it in my field guide. It was found in early May in the New Jersey highlands.
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Looks like ginseng (Panax sp.) but without leaves I can't tell which species.
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This is a trillium I saw here in Minnesota. I first identified it as a nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum), but then I decided it couldn't be, since it doesn't nod. Then I saw someone mentioning a white Trillium erectum. That seems more like it. So what do you say?
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Erutuon edited this topic 13 months ago.
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I found this out in my yard. Friday it was not there, but Saturday morning when I went outside, it was in the middle of my yard, all by itself. About 18" high with no leaves on the stem whatsoever. It's gone now though.
By the way, I live Northeast of Oklahoma City, in a rural area... It was beautiful while it lasted. :)
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sp0rk4prez edited this topic 9 months ago.
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too hard to see at this small size and it is not linking to a larger size....
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_RedShoesGirl_ edited this topic 9 months ago.
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sp0rk4prez, I think that is the "red spider lily," Lycoris radiata. Native to Asia, but commonly cultivated.
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This is commonly known as the red spider lily. These have naturalized in Texas and are found on roadsides, ditches and fields all over my area. The flowers normally bloom in my area (northeast Texas) during the month of September, coming up from the ground in a single spike with a beautiful flower on the top. The leaves do not appear until early spring. The leaves are dark green and resemble a large monkey grass or mondo grass plant. The plant grows from a bulb, which multiplies rapidly and can be dug up and separated when they become overcrowded. I was given about 50 of these bulbs by a neighbor, which I separated and planted along both sides of the entire length of my driveway (about 100 feet). After 3 years they formed a gorgeous thick band of flowers during the fall, and nice dark green mounds of leaves during the spring. Be sure you don't cut down the leaves before they wilt in the summer heat and disappear!
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