Unknown Yellow Flower - Wildlife Gardeners

MrILoveTheAnts · 09-10-2009, 03:34 PM

Anyone know what this is? I'm from southern NJ, I saved it from a construction site. It gets to be 5 feet tall, was growing on a hill side in thick green clay. It's blooming now and has been for a few weeks. It reminds me of Cup Plant or something in that family but I haven't been able to find it. The flower looks slightly different too.

Porterbrook · 09-10-2009, 03:42 PM

I believe it is either Bidens connata or Bidens frondosa.

MrILoveTheAnts · 09-10-2009, 04:10 PM

No the flowers to those two don't seem to "open," but you have ID'd another weed I have out in the yard. Thank you.

gnomenative · 09-10-2009, 04:40 PM

My best guess is either Coreopsis tripteris or Helianthus occidentalis. I am leaning toward the latter, due to its lighter colored central disks.

milkweed · 09-10-2009, 06:22 PM

It looks a lot like my mystery plant.
yellow perrenial?

I think it might be a perennial sunflower.

Porterbrook · 09-10-2009, 08:04 PM

It is always difficult to identify a plant from a photograph. I still believe you have a Bidens species. Check and see if your plant is Bidens coronata.

Equilibrium · 09-11-2009, 12:07 AM

Looks like Bidens to me. Which one... I don't know. I have a different species out my way.

09-10-2009, 03:34 PM	#1
MrILoveTheAnts 1st Place Winner Winner Butterfly/Moth Contest & Official Ant Man Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Jersey	Unknown Yellow Flower Anyone know what this is? I'm from southern NJ, I saved it from a construction site. It gets to be 5 feet tall, was growing on a hill side in thick green clay. It's blooming now and has been for a few weeks. It reminds me of Cup Plant or something in that family but I haven't been able to find it. The flower looks slightly different too. Attached Thumbnails __________________ MrILoveTheAnt's Blog, Ant Chat, & Native Plants for Honeybees

09-10-2009, 03:42 PM	#2
Porterbrook Salamander Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Racine, Ohio along the Ohio River	I believe it is either Bidens connata or Bidens frondosa. __________________ Porterbrook Native Plants

09-10-2009, 04:10 PM	#3
MrILoveTheAnts 1st Place Winner Winner Butterfly/Moth Contest & Official Ant Man Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Jersey	No the flowers to those two don't seem to "open," but you have ID'd another weed I have out in the yard. Thank you. __________________ MrILoveTheAnt's Blog, Ant Chat, & Native Plants for Honeybees

09-10-2009, 06:22 PM	#5
milkweed Heron Join Date: May 2009 Location: Indiana	It looks a lot like my mystery plant. yellow perrenial? I think it might be a perennial sunflower. __________________ We do not inherit the land from our fathers, we borrow it from our children.

09-10-2009, 08:04 PM	#6
Porterbrook Salamander Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Racine, Ohio along the Ohio River	It is always difficult to identify a plant from a photograph. I still believe you have a Bidens species. Check and see if your plant is Bidens coronata. __________________ Porterbrook Native Plants

09-10-2009, 04:40 PM	#4
gnomenative Grub Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montgomery, Illinois	My best guess is either Coreopsis tripteris or Helianthus occidentalis. I am leaning toward the latter, due to its lighter colored central disks.

09-11-2009, 12:07 AM	#7
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Looks like Bidens to me. Which one... I don't know. I have a different species out my way. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

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