A flowering plant that grows in the wild, most commonly not intentionally planted.
Questions tagged [wildflowers]
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What kind of flowering plant is this?
Its been growing in a small bush in my garden without any watering, and it just flowered. The leaves look similar to feverfew or chamomile, but they are different, the chamomile or feverfew seems to have leaves which are wider, this plants leaves…
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How can I tell if a plant is goldenrod or ragweed?
My husband suffers from bad hay fever in the fall. We've always thought goldenrod is a major contributor. Recently we were told that ragweed, which looks similar, is more likely to cause the allergy and its related discomfort.
In our yard there are…
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Can you please identify this alpine, evergreen plant?
Can anyone identify this plant? I've found it multiple times in Idaho's mountains and have been unable to identify it.
It's about 8 inches high,
Grows in small, sprawling clumps, maybe 1 foot across, with multiple clumps growing close to one…
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What is this yellow flower with thick curved petals?
I took this photo a few years ago and the flower was found in the wild. It was all over the place but I haven't been able to find what the flower is called and where else it is found.
This was found in Assam, India.
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Alpine flower with yellow blossoms?
A friend found a yellow flower in her garden in the French Alps, at 1000 m altitude, above Evian:
What is it?
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What is the name of this onion like plant?
Hello
About an year ago, I found this plant in the streets. I couldn't let it die there, so I took it my home. What is its name so that I can take care of it?
I searched the Internet with no luck.
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Caring for Edelweiss (suddenly started withering)
I recently bought a pot of Edelweiss in central Switzerland, in a village at an elevation of ~600m. The plant was looking healthy enough and was one of about a dozen pots ligned up outside the shop in the heat and dust and sun. They didn't look like…
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How did black-eyed Susans get their name?
Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susans, are a native wildflower here in the US.
Typically, when it comes to naming animals and plants, their common names stem from either the name of the person who discovered it, where it was found, or…
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How do plants survive in the wild without someone watering them?
I have a small garden in Seattle and as soon as summer rolls in I have to be vigilant about watering my plants or else they die. Meanwhile just a couple dozen feet from my home there's a pretty big patch of unkempt trees/grass/flowers that seems to…
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Can anyone tell me what kind plant this is. The flowers are light pink
I live in Bossier City Louisiana. I haven't found this plant anywhere else in my neighborhood.
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Is This Some Kind of Mint?
The garden is located in Cymru Gogledd (or North Wales, if you prefer). The plant itself is a little under 2' / 24" / 60cm tall, the leaves (which are quite large) are soft and hairy, and the stem is deeply grooved, very fibrous, and hairless. When…
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Flower identification
I was hoping someone might be able to help me identify this flower please. I have tried some identification websites, but I've not been able to find anything that matched perfectly.
I don't have many details, but I am happy to get more info or more…
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What is this short plant with little blue flowers?
It is all over the garden, this short plant with little blue flowers. I a kind of like it, but what is it? The yard will be mowed soon, is it wise to move at least some of them to the corner for wide flowers, and let it grow?
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What are traditional English flowers to plant on the edge of a wooded stream?
Our property borders an old area of woodland, with a stream running down next to our drive on the far side. There are already some bluebells but we would like to add more flowers, however we would like to be sensitive to the area... in our garden…
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Help identifying fern-like plant
This alien-looking plant sprouted very suddenly from a clump of moss, several months after the moss had been brought in from the outdoors. I've never seen anything like it. It doesn't have a grass-like shaft, it resembles a fern but isn't a variety…
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