25-05-2004, 09:03 PM
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Let's Play "Name That Wildflower!"
In article ,
(Sed5555) wrote:
oxalis corniculata
A bright orange daisy-like thing, shown bigger than life size, three
inches tall:
resembles gazania (Gazania rigens)
sed5555
Thanks-thanks! That's the one.
Thanks again to all helpers. There are so many things that pop up here &
there that I don't know what are, some invasive weeds, some native weeds &
wildflowers, some from wildflower seed mixes turned loose in the
neighborhood over the years. There are a half-dozen kinds of wild
crane's-bills of which I've only identified two with any certainty, & many
dandylion-like flowers that turn to fluff on plants that aren't
dandylions. It'd be so great to have the kind of knowledge, eye, & memory
that would permit one to just look at a meadow & start naming the flowers
one after another.
-paghat the ratgirl
--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com
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