I spotted this out the window in the big flower bed. I thought... there isn't anything planted right there that would have yellow blooms... especially at this time of year. So I grabbed the camera. I searched the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower database and couldn't find it. Does it remind anyone of something they have or had growing? ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden )
Cheryl, I looked in my Wildflowers of Texas by Geyata Ajilvsgi and the closest I could come to your flower was Three Lobe False Mallow, but the leaves look wrong on the Mallow. Toni will be able to help, I'm sure. (by the way, I highly recommend the above mentioned book--it is color coded to the flower color, tells the time of bloom, area where it is found, and gives a good description of any uses it has. Paperback isn't very expensive and well worth the money!).
Thanks everyone for the input. I'm learning towards the buttercup (ranunculus bulbosus)... particularly because of it's leaves. Guess I'll just let it live. Nice to see any kind of color out there right now. Jane, that book sounds like something I could get some use out of.
I'm quite certain it is a Creeping Buttercup Cherylad. They do look pretty but become invasive, even here in southern Ontario, VERY quickly.
Cheryl, I agree with Netty, If it is the buttercup we have up here...horribly invasive, poisonous and hard to eradicate once they are established. they will ruin a forage field for animals over time by pushing out the desirable vegetation. I would suggest removing the seed heads and maybe even move the plant to a pot if you want to keep the plant.
That bad huh? I've seen those leaves around here but probably where it gets mowed or I've been pulling them up before they had a chance to flower. Next time I venture out there I'll yank it up before it goes to seed. Thanks every one!
Yes, I thought that leaf looked familiar. I think it is pretty, but up here in my area, it is a very fast spreading ground cover.I do like the flowers, they bloom here in springtime. It has its place, where it can stretch and spread. But I find that we have to yank and pull a lot of it in customers gardens where it tries to take over. It has a very prolific root system!
It looks like buttercups that we had in Pennsylvania when I was growing up. I would think it a relative also.
It doesn't look like what I know as buttercup and it was nice to see something blooming out there. I did pull it up and another just like it today. I don't mind wildflowers, but sure don't need to battle them in my flower beds.
