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Can someone identify a plant for me?

5 years ago

Hi Guys, This is a hill I cleared off and this is one plant that was growing and I decided to leave it last fall. Look at it now!! Whats the name of it? The leaves feels like cloth



Comments (42)

  • 5 years ago

    This was it 3 months ago



  • 5 years ago

    verbascum (mullein)

  • 5 years ago

    agree - verbascum


    :)

    Dee

  • 5 years ago

    I just googled it after getting a name. I read that the leaves makes it one of the best plants for toilet paper ha

  • 5 years ago

    It's a gorgeous plant, IMHO, but is usually considered a weed because it aggressively spreads via seeds. I don't always have the heart to pull it though, one never knows when one might run into a toilet paper shortage, don't we all know!!

  • 5 years ago

    @l pinkmountain Its been dropping its yellow flowers alot of the 2-3 weeks. where are the seeds located? Or is those yellow petals the seeds??

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    It will create seed pods a little bit like snapdragon. The pods are filled with dark brown seeds, sort of like pepper or poppyseeds. The pods dry out and snap open and the seeds scatter later in the fall. I read online that it is biannual which I did not know. Just does a rosette of leaves the first year and blooms the second. https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/common-mullein-verbascum-thapsus/ It's a pretty interesting article.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Does anybody know the name of this flower? I got it on clearance at tractor supply


  • 5 years ago

    pentas

  • 5 years ago

    I need another plant ID of this plant. It blooms small white flowers that dont last long.




  • 5 years ago

    A form of Portulaca, purslane.

  • 5 years ago

    I have one more. This started growing wildly in a area I cleaned off and I decided to let it becasue I think it may be a baby dogwood.?? Thoughts on what it could be?



  • 5 years ago

    Not a dogwood. Compare to Verbesina virginica.

    Randy Man thanked Jay 6a Chicago
  • 5 years ago

    here it is today blooming, took this pic right before sunset


    flash on



  • 5 years ago

    compare to boneset

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    The leaves have winged petioles. They aren't perfoliate. I'm assuming the blooms look like this when viewed close up.


  • 5 years ago

    Jay, got you a close up, It seems they are taking forever to open up or is this the way they look?


  • 5 years ago
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    Oops. I was wrong. It's really Pluchea odorata. More colorful. I don't think the buds will ever fully open. But they are pretty. The flower buds were so white in the previous pic, how strange.

    Randy Man thanked Jay 6a Chicago
  • 5 years ago

    Randy, if your last plant smells like camphor, compare to Pluchea camphorata also. That last pic is so pretty!

    Randy Man thanked Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Tiffany, I think it's probably camphorata because of the lesser amount of pubescence( the involucres are not covered in fur), and the larger flower clusters. Of course odorata also has a camphor smell, so that's not helpful. Odorata is the default pluchea like Boneset is a default for any unknown plant with white flowers. 🤣

    https://mfburchick.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/marsh-fleabane/

    Randy Man thanked Jay 6a Chicago
  • 5 years ago

    Well thank you, Jay.

  • 5 years ago

    Thanks tiffany. It started growing oin its own and decided to not pull it. Glad I didnt , as its putting on a show,

  • 5 years ago

    Happy to try to help your investigation but I think Jay provided the most helpful info. One of these showed up in my mom's garden once but I've never seen another. I would welcome more. Are you seeing bees, butterflies, &/or hummingbirds visiting your plant?

  • 5 years ago

    @ Tiffany The plant is kinda far from where I am active but when I go by I only see orange wasps on them. Never seen a hummingbird or butterfly.

  • 5 years ago

    Have another plant ID, My mom gave me some of this and its evassive IMO. Anybody know whats its called?




  • 5 years ago

    Variegated Solomon’s Seal. Polygonatum odoratum'Variegatum'. Evasive? No. But somewhat invasive.

    tj

  • 5 years ago

    I am guessing this is salvia?




  • 5 years ago

    I think you should start a new discussion for the pretty new bluish purple plant with a closer pic of the bloom and a leaf if possible.

  • 5 years ago

    @Tiffany I will when I find out the name lol. I am pretty sure its salvia but I am probaly wrong

  • 5 years ago

    I meant start a new ID discussion to find the name.

  • 5 years ago

    Randy, it's Salvia nemorosa.

    Randy Man thanked Jay 6a Chicago
  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    I am assuming this is salvia too? I was thinking its the same as above but the salvia above has a much darker bloom and the foilage is darker too. This one has ligher blooms and foilage but is alot taller than other salvia. Is it the same just in a differnt soil??



  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    At first I thought it was Salvia, but at closer look it appears to be Basil, Ocimum basilicum . Maybe Lemon Basil. Go crush and smell a leaf. Definitely Basil flower spikes.

  • 4 years ago

    It does have a strong armona. Salvia doesnt have a scent correct? I think you may be right Jay.

  • 4 years ago

    I was at a local park and they had this . Anybody know the name?


  • 4 years ago

    A Hibiscus.

  • 4 years ago

    Back to Salvias. Many of them are scented including, obviously, Salvia officinalis, culinary Sage.



  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Hi, Randy Man. Are you aware that there is a forum just for plant ID here on Houzz and Gardenweb called Name that Plant? Typically folks start a new post for each new plant they want IDed because a new post gets more eyeballs than if you add to a post that has appeared before. Here are the direct links for GardenWeb and Houzz. You will see the same posts in both.

    https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/namegal

    https://www.houzz.com/discussions/name-that-plant

  • 4 years ago

    anybody know the name of this? It creeps and assuming it can take over pretty fast ,TIA



  • 4 years ago

    creeping jenny

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Randy, please would you go the Name That Plant forum and start a new post for each plant yo want identified, as requested. These long threads covering multiple plants get confusing, people start discussing at cross purposes and eventually they stop reading. NHBabs gave you the links.

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