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celticdragonfly) wrote2006-06-14 11:50 pm
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Sunflowers or what?
Tonight while we were out we went and looked at some of these big yellow flowers we see around here a lot, some of them were growing right next to the Chickfila in Lake Worth. I've seen them not just growing wild but growing in fields. I'd been thinking okay, they're an actual cash crop, so I was thinking they were sunflowers, but Karl thinks they're not big enough. He suggested I get a picture and post it and ask others what it is.


I expect these are probably obvious to lots of people, and yes, I know diddly about botany. What can I say, when and where I was growing up, I was allergic to so much of what was growing outside I stayed away from as much of it as possible.
I expect these are probably obvious to lots of people, and yes, I know diddly about botany. What can I say, when and where I was growing up, I was allergic to so much of what was growing outside I stayed away from as much of it as possible.
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The sunflowers that Karl is thinking of are the highly hybridized fancy ones you get seeds from. These are the native wild ones.
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They're an official PITA in the garden.. especially larger gardens, cause they'll take over and crowd out the stuff you want growing. At least most of the stuff is edible!
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As is a normal tagline in one of the wild foods mailing lists... If ya can't beat it, EAT IT!
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I could ask if you wanted me to.
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Look at this...
http://www.northrup.org/photos/browneyes/
http://www.nps.gov/miss/restoration/gallery/flowers/brown-eyed_susan.html
and this is sunflowers...
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HEAN3
Yep. Definitely sunflowers
If that field has ever had hybrid sunflowers planted, these might be the natural offspring of spilled seeds. They won't look anything like what the farmer planted on purpose.
You'd be surprised how far they can spread too, over time, and with the help of various critters. But somehow I don't think any of the cherry pits I spit out the window last week will ever sprout. I was on the highway.