Agree with Packera which is a segregate genus for our native Senecio spp. If you are interested in knowing the species try to get a picture of some of the basal leaves (the ones coming out of the ground at the base). I suspect it is Packera aurea The other one might be a Vicia or Lathyrus. I find the 'peas' rather difficult to sort out without a plant in hand and a key.

You guys are so funny :). I don't know when they ripen, but I'll be out there fighting the birds for them! Carrie, I forgot to mention it on the "check in" thread, but thanks for your concern about Mom. She's fine, she just gets very shaken up. But then, if I had seen rotation headed right for my house like she did, I'd be pretty shaken up about it too. I didn't mean to derail the thread, but just wanted to thank you. Kristi

Scurf Pea it is!! Thanks to all of you. PJ, LOL your link had me thinking maybe it was a mutant Lupine...the foliage is so similar, I WISH the flower heads ended up like Lupine as well. There are very few of these on the property and I had wondered for years what they were but when you're searching "mutant bluebonnet", LOL well it didn't get me very far. They kind of bring to mind something Will Robinson might have come across in his adventures ;). Julie, since there are so few here I will see how seed production goes with them. Barb, I feel very fortunate to have the variety of wildflowers that we do here....but I share your pain on the weeds. Believe me, they are much more prolific here than the wildflowers. Linda, were you already familiar with the name Scurf Pea? If not, how the heck did you find it??? What kind of environment (sun/shade, etc) did you see the one growing in? I have a total of about 6-7 of these plants here, all but one are in afternoon shade and one is in full sun. It is being an outstanding year for the wildflowers here after two years of drought and almost non-existent blooms. I really thought that I had lost all of the bluebonnets here, but this year they are blooming in profusion and in areas where they have never bloomed before. Can't wait to see what the rest of spring has to bring. What amazes me the most is the huge numbers of really tiny little plants that have tiny little blooms there are. I'll do some pics of those soon since I have no idea what most of them are. The only people that would even notice that they exist are gardeners and when I've pointed them out to non-gardeners, the reponse I've gotten is a bored "oh yeah".....LOL. Again, thanks and I hope you all don't mind if this isn't the last one you have to ID for me :). Kristi

When weeds are still delicate, easily damaged sprouts, you can scuffle them with a rake or hoe to kill them. The notion of a patch of wildflowers with no undesirable plants invading is a lovely, romantic one, but pure folly. Whether you have expensive store-bought cultivars, or a from-seed bed of wildflowers, there will be unwanted sprouts. A wildflower mix can be very difficult to use if you don't recognize the sprouts of the plants listed on the package (so you're able to pull any other sprouts that show up.) It's also unlikely that the same timing and conditions will cause all types of seeds in a mix to sprout. Extremely rare is the report of success with all plants listed on a wildflower seed pack. Buying a few packs of seeds that I know will grow well in the conditions I have, (sowing them at the time prescribed on the package,) and using patches of them instead of mixing seeds & scattering more randomly, has been much more rewarding for me, in the realm of growing from seed.