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If you are talking about what I call Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa, 
then no, it's not that.
My digital camera is broken or I would take a picture of it.
The leaves of this plant look just like lambs ears (Stachys byzantina) 
light gray, fuzzy, soft.  The plant has a basal rosette like mullein, 
and 2 foot tall thick, wooly stalk with multiple buds on the sides, and 
the flowers are 1 inch in diameter and so hot pink that from a distance 
they look red.  It is not orangey at all.

Bev

clhw wrote:
> Bev -- google "butterfly plant" unless you know that's not it.
> It should be in bloom about now, and sounds somewhat like what you describe.
> I don't remember the botanical name. It grows wild all over our area of the
> country and reseeds itself, but doesn't grow in groups, just a plant here
> and there.
> Lynn
>
> > Plant identification..
> > Isn't there a website somewhere that allows you to put in various
> > criteria about plants like number of lobes, color of flowers, bloom
> > time, etc. that allows you to search to help identify something?
> > I'm pretty sure I have used this database before, but can't find the
> > bookmark or remember the site.
> > Also, is there a website where you can look at photos and sort by flower
> > color?
> > I was walking down the road today and saw a plant I've never seen
> > before...The leaves are fuzzy, like mullein or lambs ears, but the
> > flower is almost chickory like and hot pink in color.  It was on the
> > roadside, so it must be fairly common-I guess I have never noticed it
> > before flying by at 35 mph..
> >
> > Bev
>
>
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