Help identify the plant?

quarkquark Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
edited June 15, 2007 in Holy Macro
Hello,
Hoping one of the *weed* experts on dgrin might help me find the official name of this? Found it blooming in huge clumps of purple on a drive through eastern washington.
Thanks in advance. Other pictures from the outing are here.

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2007
    quark wrote:
    Hello,
    Hoping one of the *weed* experts on dgrin might help me find the official name of this? Found it blooming in huge clumps of purple on a drive through eastern washington.
    Thanks in advance. Other pictures from the outing are here.

    Looks similar to the Persian Cornflower plant ???
    I have no clue just guessing rolleyes1.gif sounded good though didn't it :D
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    Looks similar to the Persian Cornflower plant ???
    I have no clue just guessing rolleyes1.gif sounded good though didn't it :D
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    Yeah...I agree that its a kind of coneflower.
    See: http://www.gardensablaze.com/HerbCornflower.htm
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  • quarkquark Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2007
    Excellent! Thanks guys. I suppose it is officially a wildflower rather than a weed.
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  • JoemessJoemess Registered Users Posts: 112 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2007
    quark wrote:
    Hello,
    Hoping one of the *weed* experts on dgrin might help me find the official name of this? Found it blooming in huge clumps of purple on a drive through eastern washington.
    Thanks in advance. Other pictures from the outing are here.



    Ah... A question I can answer. That is commonly called a Corn flower or a "Bachelor Button". Its official name is Centaurea cyanus and is in the Aster family. It is not a native flower to the U.S, it originated from Europe and has naturalized pretty much coast to coast. In most cases it is not classified as an invasive as it rarely out competes other plants or dominates a habitat. (there are isolated exceptions)



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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2007
    Yes i have seen it but don't know the name
    Beautiful photo !
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  • quarkquark Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2007
    Thank you all so much! A botanist I am not. :)
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2007
    I know what it is, but i don't know the proper name in English. These flowers/weeds are all over europe, they are very pretty and get really rich blue colors. We used to pick them as kids and make little head crowns. :D
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  • mmrodenmmroden Registered Users Posts: 472 Major grins
    edited June 15, 2007
    I thought it looked like a thistle. Shows what I know :)
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