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grasswire

(50,130 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 06:18 PM Jun 2014

help me identify a flower/weed

growing up to four feet tall

bright blue little flowers just like a forget me not, flowers in clusters

stickery or bristle-y stems

large green leaves at the base

smaller green leaves on opposite sides of stem, alternating

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help me identify a flower/weed (Original Post) grasswire Jun 2014 OP
sounds like chicory. mopinko Jun 2014 #1
Not sure, but you might Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #2
What a cool resource! silverweb Jun 2014 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author grasswire Jun 2014 #4
Indigo? ginnyinWI Jun 2014 #5
good thought, but not indigo grasswire Jun 2014 #6
Where do you live? Botany Jun 2014 #7
pacific northwest nt grasswire Jul 2014 #9
Sounds like Spiderwort TuxedoKat Jul 2014 #8
I spoke to master gardeners at farmers market today. grasswire Jul 2014 #10

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. Not sure, but you might
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 06:35 PM
Jun 2014

try NatureGate's identifier thingummy - here

I'd bet there are various other id tools out there as well.

Response to grasswire (Original post)

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
5. Indigo?
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:49 AM
Jun 2014

It is a prairie plant and grows wild at my house (outskirts, sunny, sandy soil). If we stopped mowing the lawn we'd have prairie back in a few years. I let them grow in selected spots along with the milkweed, bee balm and coneflowers.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
6. good thought, but not indigo
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:46 AM
Jun 2014

I think, from photos, that it may be some kind of wort. Not sure yet.

It is invasive, taking over a couple of areas. Bees absolutely swarm it, so I leave it as long as possible before it starts falling over and stops blooming as much. It is a very pretty plant; the flowers are a beautiful blue and very much like a forget me not.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
10. I spoke to master gardeners at farmers market today.
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 07:36 PM
Jul 2014

They told me to bring some in to them, and I will next week.

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