Flower ID

May 30, 2007 2:43 PM

What is this flower?

We have a large variety of wild flowers that we seeded into the yard, and this one seems to be doing best but doesn't seem to be one of the flowers we planted at all. We think its great but are very interested to know what it is and if it came from us or just dumb luck.

posted by teishu to Home & Garden (9 answers total)

Best answer: It's likely a MeFite will identify the wild flower. In the interim you might find it via searching the USDA image gallery - a good resource for plant identification.
posted by ericb at 3:00 PM on May 30, 2007

Lantana?
posted by footnote at 3:08 PM on May 30, 2007

Oh wait, they look nothing alike! Sorry.
posted by footnote at 3:09 PM on May 30, 2007

Best answer: Is it a wallflower? (pictures here, here, and here)
posted by waterlily at 3:10 PM on May 30, 2007

oops, last "here" should be here
posted by waterlily at 3:13 PM on May 30, 2007

Gallery of Connecticut Wildflowers -- another resource.
posted by ericb at 3:24 PM on May 30, 2007

Another vote for wallflower.
posted by emyd at 3:42 PM on May 30, 2007

Wallflower. Yep.
posted by mudpuppie at 3:54 PM on May 30, 2007

Response by poster: Thanks a bunch.

Bummer to find out that the flower will shortly be dropping but at least a lot of the other stuff is starting to come into season.
posted by teishu at 5:05 PM on May 30, 2007