What is this?

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Re: What is this?

Post by labradors » Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:20 am

I have looked and looked. Flower looks like Okra, seed looks like some kind of campion, leaves are tri-folate, but even with all this info, I'm not finding anything by Googling.
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Re: What is this?

Post by Shnookie » Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:48 am

I found it. Apparently it is a weed, or wildflower, depending how you look at it. It's name is hibiscus trionum or Flower-of-an-hour. I thought the flower looked like a hibiscus.

http://www.weedinfo.ca/en/weed-index/view/id/HIBTR
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Re: What is this?

Post by labradors » Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:58 am

Well done Shnookie! Thanks for sharing the answer :) If you like it, keep it growing in your garden :)
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Re: What is this?

Post by Shnookie » Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:46 am

Since the flowers are small and don't last long I'm not sure I will keep it.
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Re: What is this?

Post by windwalkingwolf » Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:58 pm

Neat! Always a thrill when you find what you're looking for and have that AHA! moment! Do they have a fragrance?
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Re: What is this?

Post by Shnookie » Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:36 am

I haven't checked. It is hard to catch it with the flowers open - probably why they call it flower of an hour. Maybe they only last one hour.
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