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11/13/2005 12:14:42 PM · #1

Here's a wildflower pic taken in central arkansas this last april. It's turned into one of the biggest wildflower id headaches I have ever had. Usually I can sort them out using the internet and a bit of searching, but this one has me stumped...

Any ideas?

Intelli

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11/13/2005 12:24:21 PM · #2

Don't know what kind of flower that is... but I like the picture.. very nice!!

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11/13/2005 12:58:45 PM · #3

Originally posted by Intelli:

Don't know what kind of flower that is... but I like the picture.. very nice!!

Thanks very much! Wildflowers are a favorite subject in the spring :)

ursula

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11/13/2005 01:01:46 PM · #4

I don't know what their real name is either, but I like to call them "bananaflowers", (because of the yellow things they have that look like bananas, duh!). Can't find my wildflower book right now.

I've only seen a few around here, in sandy places by the Columbia, in May (I'm in the interior NorthWest). Interesting to find out that they also grow in Arkansas.

11/13/2005 01:19:09 PM · #5

Definitely the same flower, and I really like your first pic. I'm a sucker for limited DOF flower macro's.

You're in the NorthWest... and I found this on top of a hillside in Arkansas? Quite a range. You would think that it would be easier to id! It's certainly a nice little wildflower....

11/13/2005 01:55:55 PM · #6

camassia scilloides

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11/13/2005 02:10:38 PM · #7

Originally posted by nsbca7:

camassia scilloides

Thank you, Sir!

Jammur

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11/13/2005 02:21:58 PM · #8

Originally posted by nsbca7:

camassia scilloides

0r: Camassia angusta
//pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?act=x_ant&path=Plantae/Monocotyledoneae/Liliaceae/Camassia/angusta&name=Camassia+angusta&xml=Wildflowers&authority=(Engelmann+&+A.+Gray)+Blankinship&common_name=Prairie+Camas;+Prairie+Camas

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11/13/2005 02:32:09 PM · #9

Originally posted by Jammur:

Originally posted by nsbca7:
camassia scilloides

0r: Camassia angusta
//pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?act=x_ant&path=Plantae/Monocotyledoneae/Liliaceae/Camassia/angusta&name=Camassia+angusta&xml=Wildflowers&authority=(Engelmann+&+A.+Gray)+Blankinship&common_name=Prairie+Camas;+Prairie+Camas

Not. The flowers are simmilar, but the buds on the angusta are grouped tighter.

Sinky

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11/13/2005 03:04:42 PM · #10

Agapanthus praecox.
A hardy robust plant, found in nearly all gardens in Australia, and a proclaimed weed, I believe. But hey, they grow well, and are all in bloom in my garden now.

Ozzie

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11/13/2005 03:11:04 PM · #11

I thought it was an Agapanthus lily, or Lily of the Nile but most likely not?
//www.aboutgardenplants.com/Agapanthus.shtml

Message edited by author 2005-11-13 15:12:14.

11/13/2005 03:15:28 PM · #12

Originally posted by Sinky:

Agapanthus praecox.
A hardy robust plant, found in nearly all gardens in Australia, and a proclaimed weed, I believe. But hey, they grow well, and are all in bloom in my garden now.

Not even in the same ballpark. Wrong continent to boot.