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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>]

Bev,

Is it one of the campions?  Do they have a bladder-like bulge at the base of 
the flower?

Wendy


> 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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