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Kim_M
Hamburg, PA (Zone 6b)
October 7, 2012 3:08 PM Post #9298820
| Coming up as a weed in my bushes and roadsides...about 3 feet tall. 
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KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL (Zone 8b)
October 7, 2012 3:31 PM Post #9298844
| I think it's Chrysanthemum leucanthemum - Oxeye Daisy. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum is a synonym for Leucanthemum vulgare, which is now the most widely accepted scientific name. |
Kim_M
Hamburg, PA (Zone 6b)
October 7, 2012 3:34 PM Post #9298847
| I have Leucanthemum vulgare: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1903/
And this doesn't seem to be the same plant...the flowers are tiny tiny on the plant I'm referring to. |
Jo_T
Somerville, MA
October 7, 2012 4:29 PM Post #9298914
| it's an aster of some type. to identify which aster is it, you need to look at the leaf shape, stem arrangement, etc. here is a good guide for new england asters. http://www.nttlphoto.com/botany/asters-goldenrods/a&g_main.h...
i have seen the asters you depict in MA and in CT this weekend, so this guide should work. |
TomH3787
Raleigh, NC (Zone 7b)
October 7, 2012 4:34 PM Post #9298921
| It's one of the many white, fall-blooming asters. At least they used to be asters; many of them have been moved to genus Symphyotrichum. Yours may be Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (but that is just a guess as there are many very similar species). |
Kim_M
Hamburg, PA (Zone 6b)
October 7, 2012 4:36 PM Post #9298927
| Thanks! So far it looks like this one:
http://www.nttlphoto.com/botany/asters-goldenrods/Asters/Sym...
I still have to look through them all... |
1alh1
Sidney, OH (Zone 6a)
October 7, 2012 6:52 PM Post #9299045
| False chamomille? Matricaria perforata or M. chamomilla? |
Kim_M
Hamburg, PA (Zone 6b)
October 7, 2012 7:13 PM Post #9299067
| The flowers do remind me of chamomille...but sure that's not it...leaves are all wrong. |
TomH3787
Raleigh, NC (Zone 7b)
October 7, 2012 8:06 PM Post #9299099
| I'm pretty sure it's a Symphyotrichum (formerly Aster) sp. Years ago I remember helping a friend ID some plants for a course she was taking for fall semester. The plants samples had to be fresh and locally grown... so we ended up with more than one of the asters. It was a real pain to ID them, even with a detailed key book... had to note the plant's habitat, measure height/spread, etc. and then for the fun part... dissect the flowers and measure and count each part including petals/rays, pappus, etc. I wouldn't even attempt to ID an exact species from a single photo. |
juhur7
Anderson, IN (Zone 6b)
October 7, 2012 11:06 PM Post #9299182
| This time of year and those leaves and the bloom description say common name" Willow Aster". I have these and love them hanging over the Coneflower stalks, Pretty weed for an invasive ,Bees and Butterflies love it |
