yellow flower

[PunkinPeep]

5 years later, i'm back.

possibly it is Asteraceae Hieracium gronovii L., queendevil hawkweed .

though it's not an exact match, but it's as close as i could come.

thanks to y'all i am accidentally learning how to do better searches on the usda website to narrow down what i'm looking for.

once i narrowed it down to a possible genus, i looked at every species of that genus that is known to the u.s. and the only one that was close was queendevil. there aren't many good pictures to do a very good comparison, so.....maybe

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi PunkinP,

I've been poking around on my laptop to see if I can find any photos that match your mystery plant.

I have just found this site on the Queendevil you were suggesting it was:

http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowalt/Hieraceum_gronovii_page.html

To me it just doesn't match up with your photos but they ring a distant bell in my old & feeble brain.

So I shall go on searching................................ ...... ...................to see if I can discover what it is !
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[Edited to add this extra site on hawksweed:

http://www.natureatcloserange.com/2009/09/queen-devil-hawkweed.html

STILL LOOKING.........!!!



:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Hattie the Hen]

I'm back again !

Have a look at these pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hieracium_murorum_leaning_stalk.jpg

http://www.answers.com/topic/hawkweed

The second one one lists all the different hawkweeds.....................

plus here are a lot of photos:

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=do...avclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB306GB306

Your plant appears to have more of a point to it's petals rather than the flatter ends of the hawkheads. Can you get a good close-up of one?

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[PunkinPeep]

Hattie, have i told you lately that i love you?

Thank you for doing so much research! I feel very helped! I can't look at the research right now since i'm expecting company, but i did have a few minutes to take leaf pictures.

Here you go!

Hope this helps. The leaves are very different sizes depending where they are on the plant. Really big plant once i look at it closer.

Thanks for helping!!!

 

[digitS']

Heterotheca subaxillaris ?

My ISP can't handle all this color and picturosity . . .

Steve

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Clever old digitS'!

Steve, it certainly looks as if you have tracked it down -- it even mentions the smell in it's common name -- Camphorweed

Bravo !!!


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[PunkinPeep]

Y'all are AWESOME!

Thank you!

Check out how it's used medicinally.

http://books.google.com/books?id=2J...&q=Heterotheca subaxillaris medicinal&f=false

I'm so excited!

 

[Hattie the Hen]

PunkinP -- I'm so pleased that Steve solved your little problem -- he is a WHIZ at solving problems -- we are so lucky to have him on this forum.

It certainly looks like you have a really useful plant growing nearby.

Good luck with your research on the plants that grow around you!

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[PunkinPeep]

A friend came over the other day and got some great pics of the camphor weed (much much better than mine) along with a gorgeous butterfly.

 

[digitS']

Okay, just because so many nice things were said about me . . . I'll take a shot at it.

Someone hand me a 12 gauge with #8 shot !!

A Queen (Danaus gilippus) . . . . Montana State University

but, I like the photo's on Wikipedia for a better comparison . . .

and, could this be one on the same plant . . . . ?

More are warranted:

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digitS'