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Jun 4, 2016 11:25 AM CST
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Jun 4, 2016 11:35 AM CST
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Wow so many beautiful flowers! I'll bet Frostweed knows the names of many of them. Smiling

The yellow one reminds me of Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. I'll have to see if I can find a picture in our database. BRB...
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Jun 4, 2016 11:35 AM CST
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Wow so many beautiful flowers! I'll bet Frostweed knows the names of many of them. Smiling

The yellow one reminds me of Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. I'll have to see if I can find a picture in our database. BRB...
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Jun 4, 2016 11:37 AM CST
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Well here's the one I was thinking of but the leaves don't look right. Sighing! I couldn't remember the name - it's Butter and Eggs!
Butter And Eggs (Linaria vulgaris)
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Jun 4, 2016 11:40 AM CST
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SpringGreenThumb said:


Cute white flowers


I'm pretty sure this one is Common Fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus.
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Jun 4, 2016 12:12 PM CST
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The blue ones are Blue Flax Blue Flax (Linum perenne)
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Jun 4, 2016 12:24 PM CST
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I'm guessing here but I think your first purple flower is Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis).

I was looking for your white flower but can't tell what size plant. Since you said it's springtime in Rockies, here's a really great site you might like. Smiling

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Jun 6, 2016 5:33 PM CST
Name: Jim D
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here are a couple ,, I have the Fleabane also .. Hilarious!

Prairrie Coreopsis
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Meadow Rue


Dianthus
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Wild Hyacinth
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This I do not have an id for , Stitchwort or a pink growing on a sunflower root ?
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Dandelions , violets , and chicory do pretty well here also Blinking
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Jun 6, 2016 5:53 PM CST
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Those are some pretty ones, Jim, love them all. Lovey dubby Hmm... not sure about your unknown plant either.
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Jun 6, 2016 7:38 PM CST
Name: Jim D
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Silene Latifolia , Evening campion , ID thread and jmorth pointed me there
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This evening at sunset as it was opening ..
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Jun 6, 2016 8:06 PM CST
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Very lovely. Smiling
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Jul 17, 2016 3:55 PM CST
Name: Jim D
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Something like
Fleabane in the Phlox
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This is above the above blooms in the same space The leaves are showing background above
Swamp milkweed
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This I tried to get between them to fill the bloom space
Purple Meadow Rue
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Jul 17, 2016 4:22 PM CST
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Very nice, Jimard!! Thumbs up Lovey dubby I agree that looks like one of the fleabane. Sure do like the smell of phlox and that's a really pretty rue.
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Jul 17, 2016 4:34 PM CST
Name: Jim D
East Central Indiana (Zone 5b)
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wildflowers Thank you ,fun isn't it , to enjoy wild wildfowers ,,and even though they get or pulled as weeds most often , They are in fact as strong and determined as any weed ever was by the common use of the meaning ,
We get a lot of Fleabane (erigeron) here , and Phlox is around in a few drainage areas and such also ,

That is the Purple wild native Rue , I have a pink Mist of the Hybrid version also But I still love the native version of the plants ,
Their colors can be so bright and vivid ,,, Only then again , I use to get excited and perked up motivations when I would see a field of tall clover Smiling
All the shared photo's here have been Beautiful from everyone Hurray!
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Jul 17, 2016 5:26 PM CST
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Yes, they are my favorite, as you might have guessed. nodding

Some of the wildflowers growing around here !~

Downy Lobelia, I'm thinking but not sure.
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Meadow Pinks (Sabatia campestris)
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White Meadow Pinks, my first time seeing white ones.
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Ironweed is hard to ID which species.
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Jul 17, 2016 7:29 PM CST
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Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Very nice Jim and Christine, wild flowers are wonderful, I love them all. Smiling Smiling
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Jul 17, 2016 10:13 PM CST
Utah (Zone 7a)
wildflowers said:

I'm pretty sure this one is Common Fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus.


I agree.
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Jul 17, 2016 10:17 PM CST
Utah (Zone 7a)
frostweed said:The blue ones are Blue Flax Blue Flax (Linum perenne)


yes. This is blue flax.


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