On Thu, 8 May 2003 10:01:32 -0500, "junkyardcat"
wrote:

I have this bushy plant in a flower garden around my birdhouse pole that I
can't identify. Can anyone take a look at the 2 pics and tell me if it is a
flower, or a weed? I'm trying to decide whether to hoe it down or not. It
has what looks like stamens on the ends, but there are no petals at all.
Thanks for your help

www.deadzoom.com/member/junkyardcat/weed.jpg
www.deadzoom.com/member/junkyardcat/weed1.jpg

Looks like a weed to me, The 'flower' looks something like plantain
(weed) but the leaves don't. My first year here I was being surprised
by existing plants and flowers, and trimmed very carefully around
something that had cultivated-looking foliage. It put up "bloom
spikes", but never bloomed. I finally got a wildflower book and
discovered I'd been protecting...ragweed!