Zone 5b/6, midwest, sunny aspect - grows up to 2.5 feet...at least, blooms open mid-morning and close by mid-afternoon. Blooming and setting seed now.

TIA

Looks like Hawkweed? I think that's the name. We get it too and they can be as bad as dandelions.

Don't know what they are but my dd used to blow them, wow mom look at those HUGE wishes!

Looks like Western Salsify. In the evening, my mother used to scope out the ones that were going to bloom first thing in the morning. Then, at the crack of dawn, she would be out there with her hair spray and pruning sheers. Freeze the seed heads in time and snip them with her pruning sheers. Dried flower arrangements everywhere in the house! (until the grandkids discovered them).

Here is the Indiana version:

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Daisy

Hey Daisy...thanks! That's it!

Oh, Good!

I didn't realize this was anything more than a Nevada weed until today.

Daisy

I prefer to call them wild flowers

I agree it's salsify. Tragopogon dubius is probably a good one to examine, but there are several.

A similar variety of Salsify grew on our hillside in the Okanagan Valley in B.C. My mother taught us to wait until the upper portion of the stalk, after the seeds left, dried out, and to cut the stalk about 6 to 8 inches down. We would carefully cut or slice off the empty top of the seed head. We would have already mixed up some soapy water, and would dip the fat end in the mixture, draw it out and blow through the stalk end. Then these heavenly, colourful soap bubbles would waft across the porch. It was sheer magic! This would have been in the early 50's, and we were pretty isolated. We created our own entertainment. I'm glad you showed such good pictures - - - it sure brought back great memories.