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Aug 22, 2011 10:59 AM CST
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Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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This plant has small white flowers (half inch) growing in clusters at end of stems.
I had the camera on super macro to show the leaf structure.
Suggestions have been Corn sperry and thyroptomene maisonneuve?-but
I can not find pictures of either?
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Aug 22, 2011 11:05 AM CST
Name: Sandi
Wyoming (Zone 3b)
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Is it this corn spurry?
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG...
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Aug 22, 2011 11:16 AM CST
Name: Sandi
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Thryptomene are plants native to Australia, if that helps. Here are a couple of links for you to see if that might be it.
http://www.abc.net.au/gardenin...
http://www.theplantlist.org/br...
http://www.gardenology.org/wik...
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Aug 25, 2011 10:24 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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Thanks.
I still can not find a picture that matches this plant.
The plants here are not branched, but that weed is branched.
Since these are easily pulled---I'll keep them until I find an identification.
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Aug 25, 2011 5:33 PM CST
Name: Sandi
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Well, it looks like we might have to solve this one with the process of elimination Hilarious!
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Aug 26, 2011 9:13 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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Yes. Sad
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Aug 26, 2011 11:45 AM CST
Name: Sandi
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Well, it's apparently not corn spurry or thryptomene then. But it must be a good flower and not a weed cuz if it was a weed, it would be hard to pull Blinking Hilarious!
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Aug 26, 2011 11:46 AM CST
Name: Sandi
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How tall does it grow? Is it only blooming in white?
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Aug 26, 2011 3:28 PM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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I just spent some time going through all the white wildflowers in Google image and did not find a single one that looked like yours Blinking Maybe you have a rare plant there?
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Aug 26, 2011 4:18 PM CST
Name: Sandi
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Do you want me to post your picture on some of the other gardening sites I belong to? Some of those people are really smart and might be able to tell you exactly what it is.
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Aug 27, 2011 8:57 PM CST
Name: Shelly
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Totally wild guess here, but could it be some type of ranunculus? I can't see the leaves very well in your photo, but my initial thought was "water crowfoot" tho the flowers are a bit off.
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Aug 27, 2011 11:31 PM CST
Name: Sandi
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Caroline, try this site and see if you think any of these are it
http://www.birdmom.net/wildflo...
Maybe the baby blue eyes?
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Aug 28, 2011 10:09 AM CST
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Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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None of those look like it.
It is the arrangement of the leaves in whorls which I am looking for as well as the white flowers.
Some of the flowers have the faintest hint of pink.
Yes, if you know of other forums, let's try there too.
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Sep 3, 2011 2:28 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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It sure is a pretty flower, whatever it is. Do you have a photo of the foliage you can show? The bloom reminds me of Oxalis but the stems remind me of another plant I've seen before and can't remember the name.
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Sep 3, 2011 3:09 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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The plant I was thinking of is Anemone but I'm not sure it's the right one either. I have a hard time comparing photo's for identification but here's a link to pictures of Anemone canadensis for comparison:

http://www.google.com/search?q...
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Sep 5, 2011 10:03 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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The flowers look similar,but this plant has a very skimpy structure.
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Sep 23, 2011 2:08 PM CST
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Maybe something from the Dianthus Family? The way buds are arranged and the way they cluster together reminds me of a dianthus....
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Oct 11, 2011 11:56 AM CST
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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I think it might be this one Leptosiphon nuttallii http://wildflower.org/gallery/...
http://www.birdandhike.com/Veg...
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Oct 12, 2011 6:05 AM CST
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Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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Thank you---that looks much like the plant.
Mine is very skimpy, but that may be because it is in part shade.
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Aug 26, 2014 2:35 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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I want to bump this one up and see if any one has more ideas.
I think that it was more likely Mountain Phlox Linanthus Grandiflora ?

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