Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Name That Flower!

Name that flower is back! I went ahead and listed this card in my shop today, but I would really like to know what kind of flowers these are. It's not a sunflower, I've never seen anything with leaves like it. They are about 5 feet tall and grow wild in the fields of MO.
The first person to correctly identify it will receive a free 4 x 6 print of the photo. So name that flower!

13 comments:

  1. Crystal, I don't know the name of the flower - just that they grow wild here too. I used to stop my car, get out and pick armsfull of them until someone told me that wildflowers are protected and illegal to pick !!!!.

    They certainly are beautiful.

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  2. I have never seen the flower but the leaves look familiar. LOL

    ♥♥♥
    Sue

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  3. Here are a couple of guesses -
    "Soft greeneyes" is Berlandiera pumila.

    Arrowleaf Balsamroot

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  4. These are on our property. They will cut them down when they hay tomorrow, although they are pretty much dried up now anyway. The stalks are really tough!

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  5. The flowers do look similar, but not the leaves.

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  6. I have no idea, but they really are cheerful.

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  7. Noelle wins! It's a compass plant. Thank you to everyone who participated!

    http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS407&biw=1161&bih=715&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=JB8FzUgVoSbJ4M:&imgrefurl=http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/veg/plants/compass.htm&docid=ewTt4t1st1n90M&imgurl=http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/veg/plants/images/compass.jpg&w=300&h=390&ei=7O8ZUIryF8bOqAGhgIG4Bg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=741&vpy=174&dur=632&hovh=250&hovw=192&tx=98&ty=97&sig=111924562164461313336&page=1&tbnh=153&tbnw=118&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:102

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  8. I just love them because they look like they are related to sunflowers, my favorite flower!

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  9. Wildflowers are my favorite. A compass plant. Never heard of it, but it's really pretty.

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  10. They are pretty! I agree they are wildflowers.

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  11. I've never seen this plant before. One website says it is called the Compass Plant because early pioneers believed the leaves pointed in a north/south direction. This is often true, it says, but not always.

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  12. I read that too and found it very interesting. They do all point the same direction in our field!

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