It looks like Impatiens (Balsam) to me!! The leaves in the second photo
are different.

Bronwyn ;-)

Richard Wright wrote:

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:19:51 +1100, Richard Wright
wrote:


This plant is coming up in a Sydney flower garden.

http://www.box.net/shared/static/gdzf2ncm01.jpg

Can anybody give me a lead to its ID? I can't even begin to recognise
the family.


Thanks to posters on sci.bio.botany I got the lead to Clarkia
unguiculata.

http://www.birdmom.net/WildflowersOr...gant,DblCU.jpg