yellow wildflower ( photo / image / picture from AAnightowl's Garden ) This little yellow flower is very pretty and delicate looking. It is finished blooming now, but was just in bloom. It is not invasive, and I have thought of adding some to my flower beds? It turns brown, and gets ratty looking seed pods after blooming, so I have not transplanted any of it. The leaves are toothed, and oblong about 3/4 to 1 inch in length. I forgot if they are opposite or alternate though. Thank you for helping.
Hi AAnightowl, Do you have a picture of the foliage and/or seedpods? I'm thinking something like a type of primula, especially since you mentioned that it's finished flowering.
My son has been out there mowing, so I am not sure I can get a pic of the dried plants. I am used to buttercups that are low to the ground and darker yellow. This gets about 12" to 18" tall that I have seen, and the flowers are a pale yellow.
AAnightowl, Have you compared your yellow flowers to pics of Primula Vulgaris on Google? Sorry I can't be of more help, but your description of the height would fit with this plant. What puzzles me is that the entire plant dried up, because Primula's don't usually do this (unless they die ); they are perennials . Are there any new leaves coming back?
I just looked up the primula vulgaris, and that flower is similar, but the leaves are different. What we called buttercups in Pennsylvania are nothing like these, and a friend in Tennessee says they call daffodils "buttercups", apparently many kinds of flowers are called buttercups. Here in MO, some people call a primrose a buttercup--no idea on that one as primroses are PINK not yellow. The plant in my picture is leggier, and I did find another specimen that escaped the lawnmower, I will try to get a better picture of it tomorrow. Also, it is toothier something like the alligator tongue plant. They are longish, not so ovate.
http://www.backyardnature.net/buttrcup.htm These are the buttercups that I grew up with in Pennsylvania.
Yup, those thingies are what we call buttercups here too. At least we are talking about the same thing Chocolate, does the photo on backyardnature look like what you call buttercups in Australia? So sorry, AAnightowl, to leave you more confused than enlightened. (If I get any bright idea :idea: on this subject, I'll let you know.) Let's hope that someone else here can solve your yellow flower conundrum.
Hey, AAnightowl, I think I've just cracked it! There is such a thing as a Buttercup Primrose. I came across it when I combined the two on Google. The scientific name is Primula Floribunda. Have a look and see what you think, could this be it?
Hi Gardenelf, yes does look the same as primrose buttercup, in my garden it would be the weed called just buttercup.
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/s ... mrose.html This is what I found for the primula floribunda, but this is not the right one either. I do love this one. Perhaps I can get some eventually. I am headed out to take another picture of it. This is probably just foilage and not flowers so you can see it better, I hope. I will be back shortly, have to keep an eye on Goldie and Cody and do some transplanting. My two boston ferns and an asparagus fern have outgrown their pots, so I will have 6 plants instead of 3.
unknown wildflower ( photo / image / picture from AAnightowl's Garden ) This is another view of the plant that I am asking about. You can see the leaves better even though it is slightly out of focus. The leaves at the bottom center of the photo are the ones I am talking about.
AAnightowl, I just looked up Missouri wildflowers. There is a yellow flower called Potentilla Recta that appears to resemble the one in your picture. Take a look and see what you think.
I think you may be right. Thanks. One website even showed them under UV light and then they were purplish blue. Cool.
