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Weed/flower ID's.

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

Need help with a few more weed/flower ID's. My apologies because the pictures aren't the best quality. If any of these are native flowers, I would like to keep them, except for the ones in pictures

# 1, 2, 4. I am allergic to them whatever they are.

The first two look like thy might be the same with different flower colors. The pinkish purple is more common.







I have a bunch of the shrub below growing around some oaks along with saw palmettos.

Weed? growing along with the shrub?

Thank-you for you help.

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  • vml68 thanked carol23_gw
  • 7 years ago

    3. Could be some type of Ludwigia.

    vml68 thanked carol23_gw
  • 7 years ago

    The tall weed in photo #4 is Urena, an invasive exotic. Pull it out before the seed heads form as they are little burrs that will stick to your clothes, hat, gloves, everything.

    vml68 thanked sonni1
  • 7 years ago

    The yellow daisy could be Melampodium paludosum.

  • 7 years ago

    Carol - Thanks for that link. I saved it so I can go through all the plants on there. I believe you are right about the Tasselflower. Not so sure about the Ludwigia.


    Sonni - Yes, #4 is Urena lobata. I looked it up and found it for sale on Ebay. I have so many of these plants growing, I could make a fortune! LOL!


    Floral - Not sure about the Melapodium. I was leaning towards some kind of Euryops.

  • 7 years ago

    A shot of the whole plant would help but I don't know of any Euryops with entire leaves like the photo. They have ferny foliage. They are also semi shrubby, aromatic and like very well drained full sun locations.

    vml68 thanked floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
  • vml68 thanked carol23_gw
  • 7 years ago

    Yes, Wedelia's a good thought.

  • 7 years ago

    Wedelia is a big problem! As are all of these you posted ( if in FL ). I would remove all these weeds shown flowering.

    vml68 thanked ulisdone
  • 7 years ago

    I agree about #5 being wedelia - I have more of it than I want. It is a commonly used groundcover here, and grows rampantly.

    & I agree #4 looks like a ludwigia (a.k.a. primrose willow). There is a lot of it growing around the lake @ work.

    Those 'shrub' pix might be easier to ID if they were bigger and more close-up.

    vml68 thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
  • 7 years ago

    nel - That's it! Wedelia ( Sphagneticola trilobata). I think you are right on the beautyberry, too.


    Ulisdone - Yes, I am in Florida. I am working on removing all the weeds on the back half of my property. It is absolutely overrun with weeds with some poison ivy mixed in. So, I am working slowly and methodically to remove as much of it as I can. It is neverending. I clear one area and move to the next and a couple of weeks later, I find I have to come back and redo the previous spot. The lack of rain the past two weeks has helped some. During the constant rains in July and August, it was almost impossible. One step forward, two steps back!


    Carolb - I did not think it was Ludwigia when carol23 first mentioned it but then she linked to Ludwigia octovalvis and I believe that is correct.

    I will post better pictures of the shrub later this evening.


    I think pic #6 is some kind of Indigofera (in case anyone is interested).



  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Here are a couple more pictures of the shrub. I hope these are better.


    Close-up of the leaves with some grapevine intertwined.



  • 7 years ago

    No idea, but thanks for those!

    Are you positive they are not tree seedlings?

  • 7 years ago

    Thanks, Carolb. They are definitely not tree seedlings. At first I thought it might be cocoplum but the leaves are not rounded. I think there might be some little flower buds appearing. I will post a picture of the flowers when they open.

  • 7 years ago

    Def. not cocoplum. I am very familiar with that.

  • 7 years ago

    It looks distinctively and horribly thorny. And there are flower buds visible. Someone ought to be able to name it soon.

    There are also three or four other woody species there, plus the grapes. What is actually meant to be growing there?

  • 7 years ago

    They could be a Bumelia of some kind.

  • 7 years ago

    I do see some runner oak too ( quercus elliottii).