I have already posted this on the ID forum, but not quite happy/convinced with the suggestions there as to it's id. Anyone have any ideas here??

leaves


front of bloom


back of bloom


just another shot

Still no luck with an ID for this. I have heard from several people who have also been trying for an ID...one for a few years Anyway here are two more pictures of it taken out back where we have not cut for awhile...translate years?? The one pic showes the seed pods that it gets.

Did anyone say it looks like Smooth rattlebox (Crotalaria pallida var. obovata)?

the flowers look close, so do the trifoliate leaves...

http://florida.plantatlas.usf....

Christine...I have looked at crotalaria which is I think going in the right direction, but not there yet. Picture #6 in the link you posted is the closest "match" I've seen so far....BUT the blooms on mine are all along the stem rather then on a "bloom stalk"....seed pods the same...along the stem rather then in a bunch. Guess close only counts in horseshoes GRRRRR

I was afraif of that, especially with the pods but... I know the feeling!

It kind of looks like a wild orchid to me. Have absolutely no idea though. It seems like my sister gave me some flowers to try to identify once and this kind of looks like one of them. Good luck with this one.

Hi Vickie, I really like your quote...love wildflowers!

Gin, any new ID's on your plant? I still think its some kind of rattlebox.

How about Lespedeza virginica http://wildflower.org/plants/r...

What about Baptisia Tinctoria? Commonly know as wild indigo (horseflyweed, yellow false indigo)? The leaves really look like it.

I have a book called "Wildflowers of the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains". When I was looking up m sister's wildflowers, I came across this one and that is why yours looked so familiar.

Wikipedia reference: [url=thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptisia_tinctoria]thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...[/url]

Still no luck so far. One other person also suggested some sort of wild orchid.

Just wondering if you had checked out the Yellow Wild Indigo suggestion. Here is a picture from a Duke University teacher's wildflower site. I think it looks like what you have.

Here is the link to the page: http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/...

Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
Person Co., NC 13 June 2006
Showy yellow flowers blooming from spring to fall, this species is uncommon to fairly common in various dry-soils habitats across the state. It's the most common Baptisia in NC and is recognized by its small leaflets, small flowers, & small fruits. Wild Indigos are caterpillar host plants for a few butterflies including Frosted Elfin and Wild Indigo Duskywing.

Vickie...where I'm having a problem is that leaves and seed pods look good on several suggestions, but so far I haven't really been happy with the images of the blooms silly thing needs to be "born" with a nametag