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yellow-flowered weed

14 years ago

Here's a plant that grows in my backyard. I hope the photo is not too blurry. The photo gets blurry when I reduce it to the 60kb size. The plant has yellow flowers about 1-2" across. I tried to include the leaves in the photo. They would seem to be a very identifying characteristic... about 8" long... maybe 12".

I live in Zone 9, outside of Sacramento.

Thanks.

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saltcedar
14 years ago
Too blurry to be certain but I'd guess an Oenothera sp.
goldhillal
14 years ago
agree. Evening primrose
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Cool! Another "weed" I can stop trying to eradicate. :D Makes me realize I have a very limited knowledge of flowering plants. Thanks.

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