Please, can someone tell me the name of this plant?
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Leevers on Jul 31, 2013Looks very much like a weed to meHelpful Reply
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Zee on Jul 31, 2013Well, it sure may be a weed, but as I said I like it and it really does offer a bit of color to a tough Texas landscape. I am thinking I will gather the seeds and plant on my old "Boot Hill" next spring.Helpful Reply
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Marvin R on Jul 31, 2013Im not sure but I like it.Helpful Reply
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Sherrie S on Jul 31, 2013@Zee if you like it then you should keep it. I have done that a few times here in Florida with varied results: at times right and at other times wrong. Sometimes we must wait until we are sure about a plant being good or bad - until then - Let it Be. Overall I find the info on HT is correct.Helpful Reply
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Marilyn Highley on Jul 31, 2013Zee, I've been trying to find this online for at least an hour. I've seen them and had to pick the stickers/seeds from clothes, especially the kids' socks, but I have never known the name of it! Of course, it's your call, but if it were in my yard, I would yank it.Helpful Reply
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Laura on Jul 31, 2013If it blooms, its a flower, depends on where u live!Helpful Reply
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Sooziof Seattle on Jul 31, 2013Looks like a Tomatillo to meHelpful Reply
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Marilyn Highley on Aug 01, 2013I've looked and looked and agree with Rhonda, with the "Bidens". There are lots of different ones. That word "Bidens" applies - "bi" means two, and "den" means teeth. See those sticker-y seeds that look like little "Y"s, or forks, or two teeth? It seems to fit. Anyway, it was fun to look to see if I could figure out your question. I hope someone gives you "THE" answer. :-)Helpful Reply
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GeeJudy on Aug 02, 2013I had a bunch of these come up and thought they must be flowers--then someone told me from the HOA to pull them all out because they were a type of dandylion weedHelpful Reply
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Colleen Novosel on Aug 02, 2013I think it is a weed too, but if you like it keep it and just keep and eye on it to make sure it doesn't take over, what the heck!!Helpful Reply
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Lisa Midgett-Brown on Aug 02, 2013looks like a Yellow MarigoldHelpful Reply
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Cathleen Matelli on Aug 02, 2013My Dad was a gardener for the City for 35 years. His thoughts, anything can be a flower or a weed. If you like it then it is not a weed. :)Helpful Reply
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Darlene Mapes on Aug 02, 2013A weed is nothing but an unwanted flower!Helpful Reply
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Joan deMontmollin on Aug 02, 2013Traveler seeds that hitchhikes on clothes or animal fur.. we call them "hitchhikers" or beggar ticks. My grandmother (a southern gardener) always talked to her plants sayin...I'm not feedin these hitchhikers.. so she pulled and burned the weeds...Helpful Reply
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Janelle Wakefield on Aug 02, 2013I truly believe it to be a weed. But if you like it just let it stay. Janelle Wakefield Thousand Oaks, Ca.Helpful Reply
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MaryAnn B on Aug 02, 2013Yes weed. Those little sticker get in my dogs fur/hair and almost impossible to get our unless I cut them. I pull as soon as I see them.Helpful Reply
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Cathy W on Aug 02, 2013YES! Weed!Helpful Reply
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Fran Barrett on Aug 02, 2013I don't think it is Bidens. One of the better ways to id flowers is to count the number of petals. How many petals does it have? Are the leaves alternate or opposite?Helpful Reply
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April E on Aug 02, 2013I think it is Mexican mint marigold do you have a picture with the flower blooming?Helpful Reply
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Renee on Aug 02, 2013in Tennessee, we call it beggar lice.Helpful Reply
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Lynn on Aug 02, 2013doesn't look like our Tx beggars lice but I don't know what else it is either. 😰Helpful Reply
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Betty Fancher on Aug 02, 2013Could it be Spanish Needle? It looks like Bidens Pilosa- family Asteraceae. Commonly called beggar-ticks, cobbler's pegs or Spanish needle.Helpful Reply
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Judy on Aug 02, 2013Looks like "stick-tights". a weed in Texas. Don't know what it's botanical name would be.Helpful Reply
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Patti Fitz-Gerald on Aug 02, 2013It almost looks like Jerusalem ArtichokeHelpful Reply
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Zee on Aug 02, 2013Thanks to everyone for your comments. I checked the bed where this mystery plant/ weed lives this evening. They seem to be standing taller, I think they know we are talking about them and they have decided to stand straight and proud. They are few in number, so I have decided to leave them alone. The consensus seems to be they are weeds and most likely annoying ones. Since I live where the recent daily temperature has been hovering around 106 and most plants are screaming "Help", these little "beggars" are lookin' good. I have lived in Texas for almost forty years and every Spring I forget what July will bring, so I plant and plant and plant some more. Unless you have a full time gardener and can afford to constantly replace the plants in your beds or have a great affinity for cactus and lantana, then you might me like me and fall in love with anything that has a bloom and does not require hours of watering. Sometimes I think( esp when watering at nine in the evening when the temp drops to a cool 89 degrees) that the word "Condo" sounds pretty good. A small patio with a few potted geraniums and ground ivy. This thought only lasts until I see the Moonflowers opening and get a whiff of their delectable fragrance as they lean toward the forget-me-nots bobbing their little invasive heads in rhythm to the sprinkles from my trusty water hose. I guess by now you get the idea invasives are my friends. You would be right. www.zazzyzee.blogspot.comHelpful Reply
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Kari Samuel on Aug 02, 2013we called them sticktights in wisconsin too! or - my family did!Helpful Reply
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Susan Butler on Aug 02, 2013As my Grandpa used to say..yank it out..if it comes back..it was a weed. A weed is defined as any "unwanted" plant..so if you want it, it's a flower not a weed.Helpful Reply
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Jocelyne marchand on Aug 03, 2013a reminder as to what a dandelion looks like -Helpful Reply
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Buster Evans on Aug 03, 2013one persons wed is another persons flower.. and vise versa... One interesting analogy I heard as to how to tell if its a weed or not is to "Pull Everything in the bed up, and if it comes back It's a weed!!! I like goldenrod but its a weed, or some say it is.. I like to call it a wildflower!! Who knows.. If you like it let it grow... IF it becomes too overbearing/overpowering for the space take it out.Helpful Reply
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Zee on Aug 03, 2013Buster---I agree.Helpful Reply
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Kari Samuel on Aug 05, 2013i was told that a weed is just a misguided flower!Helpful Reply
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Zee on Aug 05, 2013great comment Kari. Love it as I am a bit misguided myself:-).Helpful Reply
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Robin F on Aug 05, 2013may be a weed but.....Every Weed is a Misplaced FlowerHelpful Reply
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