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Wildflower & Weed ID help?

17 years ago

Can anyone ID these wildflowers I have popping up in my shady yard? Just want to see if any are nasty spreaders (by seed, especially). Hope this forum's OK - I figured this stuff tends to be regional.

#1 has been popping up everywhere, and is slated for eradication! I just wondered what it was.

#2 has that tiny pink flower, and is new this year. I like.

#3 low creeping, dark green, with tiny red berries. Like a dwarf creeping euonymous. Kind of like it.

#4 has a nice blue flower (not blurry in real life - sorry). Popping up randomly, but not as visciously so far - and easy to pull. Considering letting it go. Looks similar to a toad lily I planted.

Thanks!

Gregg

Here is a link that might be useful: Unknown plants 1-4

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ctlady_gw
17 years ago
I have several of these myself (could the pink one be in the carnation family? little hard to tell what the foliage is like -- we've got those on the edges of our wooded areas and they're lovely). Don't know the answers, but I found the Connecticut Botanical Society website a good source -- you can search by flower color for the wildflowers.

Good luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: Connecticut Botanical Society wildflower guide
mskee
17 years ago
I think #1 is a type of Ladies Thumb. White, insignificant flowers in a cluster...
#2 is a Deptford Pink. Nice, delicate...will pop up wherever.
#3 is Partridgeberry.
#4 is Asiatic Dayflower.

All four of these are "wildflowers," or "weeds," depending on who is looking at them!
I would pull up #1...not much to look at.

I have #2, and leave them in my garden...they are briefly pretty--don't do well as a cut flower, though.

Some people pay money for #3--I think it's a pretty little groundcover.

#4, well, that's up to you. I'm not sure how invasive they get...if they are taking up prime garden real estate, I'd yank 'em!

Emily
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That plant was all over my yard and produces horrid spikey balls. Tiny, but nasty little stickers that wreaked havoc on the dogs' feet. I pulled all mine up once I realized they were the source of the stickers. I live in old town a couple of blocks from the plaza.
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That's it. I got seed from Linda and successfully grew it one year and I am not familiar with the foliage , it appears. I did plant seeds in those places years ago. LOL. I am an accidental gardener. i can't remember anything. It is Daucosma laciniata. What is weird is that I posted it on That Name that plant form and someone thought it looked like Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris. The leaves are similar. I was really sold on that ID and was planning on giving my husband some tea made with it because he has some intestinal problems. I might have possibly poisoned him. Ain't IDing fun? Also , Thank you for making me re-read that thread. I had it a bit wrong about the Queen Ann's Lace in Texas. I also have the Queen Ann lace growing smaller here , well it is another native species called Daucus pusillus. And what people around here call Beggars lice, Beggars ticks, stick tights, is Hedge parsley or Torilis arvensis. I should correct all the misstatements I made there. LOL. I guess that am still living and learning and not too proud to admit when I didn't quite have it right..
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ctgph
Original Author
17 years ago
Thank you both. Positive ID's and a great website that has more info on all the interesting ones!

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