leonardus
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Small sunflower ?

I'm unable to identify this https://picasaweb.google.com/1165256294 ... JDtxYKNuAE
It was founded near a sunflower field but hardly not ressembling at all.
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!potatoes!
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probably in the sunflower family, but maybe not too closely related to the big ones. probably a wild one of some sort.

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!potatoes! wrote:probably in the sunflower family, but maybe not too closely related to the big ones. probably a wild one of some sort.
I never heard about some wild sunflower.

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looks like maybe related to the daisy or aster or a wild sunflower.

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Creationsings wrote:looks like maybe related to the daisy or aster or a wild sunflower.
Just like I said never heard about wild sunflower, even a search with Google found nothing for that. Maybe I'm wrong.

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There are lots of wildflowers in the aster family, that includes sunflowers and daisies, that are similar yellow daisy like flowers.


Yours might be arnica:

[url=https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://herbreview.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/arnica.jpg&imgrefurl=https://herbreview.net/arnica/&h=286&w=375&sz=20&tbnid=ZjzJmcGm_bqSuM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=115&prev=/search%3Fq%3Darnica%2Bimages%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=arnica+images&docid=15yOmMiSFGKE9M&sa=X&ei=EMe7TpDvFMb50gGpyPXXCQ&ved=0CGoQ9QEwEg&dur=2293]arnica[/url]

or

Sunflower goldeneye:

https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=11498


or perhaps something like heliopsis (false sunflower)

https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/fs_sunflowerx.htm

or helenium (sneezeweed)

https://wiseacre-gardens.com/plants/perennial/sneezeweed.html

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rainbowgardener wrote:There are lots of wildflowers in the aster family, that includes sunflowers and daisies, that are similar yellow daisy like flowers.


Yours might be arnica:

[url=https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://herbreview.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/arnica.jpg&imgrefurl=https://herbreview.net/arnica/&h=286&w=375&sz=20&tbnid=ZjzJmcGm_bqSuM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=115&prev=/search%3Fq%3Darnica%2Bimages%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=arnica+images&docid=15yOmMiSFGKE9M&sa=X&ei=EMe7TpDvFMb50gGpyPXXCQ&ved=0CGoQ9QEwEg&dur=2293]arnica[/url]

or

Sunflower goldeneye:

https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=11498


or perhaps something like heliopsis (false sunflower)

https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/fs_sunflowerx.htm

or helenium (sneezeweed)

https://wiseacre-gardens.com/plants/perennial/sneezeweed.html
Definetly its Heliopsis Helianthoides 'Summer Sun' !
Many thanks, I even didn't know about that.

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Yet another one which is hard to identify for me because the multitude of almost identical subspecies. It's obvious CENTAUREA, but can't tell what kind: Jaccea, Biebirsteinii, nigra ? :?: :?
Even with a flower determinator I did not manage to pinpoint it.

Here is: https://picasaweb.google.com/1165256294 ... directlink

Best regards.



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