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15 years ago

Can anyone identify these seedlings for me? I suspect they're both weeds, but they might be from one of the seeds I scattered.

Species 1:

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Species 2 (three pictures):

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Sorry for the blurry pictures - it was the best I could do. In case it helps, here are the seeds I've scattered:

Abutilon palmeri

Achillea millefolium

Arabis sparsiflora

Asclepias fascicularis

Baileya multiradiata

Camissonia cheiranthifolia

Castilleja affinis

Castilleja subinclusa

Clarkia williamsonii

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Eriophyllum confertiflorum

Eschscholzia californica

Helianthemum scoparium

Keckiella breviflora

Lavandula angustifolia

Linum lewisii

Lotus scoparius

Lupinus albifrons collinus

Lupinus excubitus

Monardella villosa

Origanum laevigatum

Penstemon centranthifolius

Penstemon palmeri

Penstemon spectabilis

Rosmarinus officinalis

Salvia apiana

Salvia mellifera

Sisyrinchium bellum

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Trichostema lanatum

Triteleia laxa

Also in case it helps, some other weeds that I've already been able to identify in the yard include amaranth, buttercups, chickweed, dandelions, filaree, foxtails, knotweed, mallow, nutsedge, and sowthistle.

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Comments (6)

Swedeinla
15 years ago
That 2nd picture looks like Spurge to me (but others may know better than me). If it is I would pull it out ASAP. It has taken years of pulling for me to finally be fairly Spurge free now.
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melle_sacto is hot and dry in CA Zone 9/
15 years ago
I think your first seedling lookes like a weed called Cranesbill and I agree that the other pictures look like Spotted spurge.
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queerbychoice
Original Author
15 years ago
Hmm . . . it does look kind of like prostrate spurge (Euphorbia prostrata). I guess I'd better pull it. Thanks!
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nonmember_gw
15 years ago
second plant looks to me to be Asclepias fascicularis.
don't know about the first, but reminds me of something in the carrot family.
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queerbychoice
Original Author
15 years ago
I have an Asclepias fascicularis that I bought in a gallon pot, and its leaves are very different from these seedlings. So I'm pretty sure this plant is something else. It can't be spotted spurge because it doesn't have the spots, but it does look like it could be prostrate spurge. Anyway, I've ripped it out now.

About the first plant, I think you may be right about it being in the carrot family. The leaf shape does kind of remind me of a small branch-end from wild carrot, whereas it doesn't really seem to match the leaf shape of anything in the cranesbill/geranium family. Well, I'll let it grow until I figure out what it is. Thanks for the suggestion!

Here is a link that might be useful: wild carrot
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wanda
15 years ago
The first plant could be a larkspur. I think the other was portulaca weed.

Here is a link that might be useful: portulaca weed
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