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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: Tom on June 11, 2001, 03:04:44 PM
Just for somthing to do try to find out what this is. I don't know either......yet.
It's a small plant about 8"-10" high. The flower is about the size of a quarter. Picture taken today in NE Florida on the side of a dirt road and on the edge of a Hardwood swamp at about 9 ft above sea level. The ground is 2" of sand on top of blue gumbo clay. :-/
(https://forestryforum.com/images/YaBBImages/userpics/little%20flower%201.jpg)
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Great Idea!
My guess is...
Prickly Lettuce
Lactuca serriola
Family: Aster
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVWF.asp?curGroupID=11&shape=1135&lshape=33&color=970&range=1010&curPageNum=3
leaves are smooth edged, lighter green on bottom, no hairs, lancelet(?) and opposed on a single and ocassionaly split woody stem.
better pix:
(https://forestryforum.com/images/YaBBImages/userpics/little%20flower%201bb.jpg)
Now I say, with almost certainty.( we have some in our garden but it has never flowered)
Common or perhaps western St.-John's-wort
Hypericum perforatum
Family: St.-John's-wort
St John's wort (http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVWF.asp?curGroupID=11&shape=1134&lshape=28&color=970&habitat=1101&range=1010&curPageNum=5)
Yep, Me too.
I figured it must be common but it sure looks like the picture of western, doesn't it?
I love that site you used Enature.com
I never have been there before....but I will now!