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Plant / weed / wildflower id needed, please!

7 years ago

Hello!

Can anyone id this plant for me?

Left it go since spring, grew from under the edge of an established Hosta at our new house, and I was curious what it would turn out to be.

Has been blooming for a couple weeks now, buttery yellow flowers that actually look nice with the larkspur I have growing in a pot near it. The first of my larkspur bloomed first with this yellow plant on it's heels.

As tall as the Larkspur in the pot, though if the larkspur had been in the ground and grown freely, I am sure it would have been taller, and still been about the same height.

Wide, irregular shaped leaves and the flowers are dropping to show what I assume are thin seed pods. (there is Solidago behind it, so the thinner leave you may see do not belong to this plant.)

Not sure if it is a perennial or annual.

Began dropping flowers a week ago.

Can anyone tell me what this is? I have no idea, but I hope it is not an invasive weed because it is actually the perfect yellow and nice blooming companion for the purple larkspur, which I love! :-)

What say you all??

Thank you for your time!

merlcat

leaves:

ignore the woody thing, I had to prop it up after a atom and it's just tied to a stick! :-)

Still flowering, I think. Here is an unopened flower spike still on the way up, I think.

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Comments (3)

linaria_gw
7 years ago
Reminds me of wild mustard, Sinapsis alba, that would be a green manure plant in the cabbage family, and probably rather annual, I'm not sure whether the plant dies after setting seed.

beauty is in the eye..,

perhaps it reseeds, good luck
merlcat thanked linaria_gw
merlcat
Original Author
7 years ago
yes, it totally could be.

This house had a well tended garden, but in the last couple years I think the owner had some health issues, and we all know how fast weed can take over.

I was curious so I let it go, one of the few I did let go.

I can't see the leaves at all, they are under the cover of the hosta, and I don't think they are very attractive.

But, that particular yellow colored bloom and flower shape seems to look nice to me with the lupine.

I'd like to try and emulate that look with something with nicer foliage. If anyone has any suggestions as to what my bloom with the lupine and resemble that sort of color and light, airy, flower, I'd love to hear them.

Thank you linaria_gw!
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