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JSchaaf
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Posted: March 23 2005 at 5:40pm \| IP Logged

We are brand new to nature study and today my girls brought it a flower/weed? long green stem with lots of buds, topped with tiny purple and white blossoms. If someone can help me get an image onto this post, maybe I can find out what it is! I don't even know where to look online to find out.
Jennifer
PS Is there someplace I can go to for Nature Study 101??

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Posted: March 23 2005 at 10:10pm \| IP Logged

could you do a close-up of the blossoms? i was going to suggest lobelia, but i'm not quite sure....

i hope you don't mind, i posted for you on gardenweb (name that plant forum, and a couple of people have suggested linaria (possibly canadensis)

my fieldguide says (of linaria canadensis)

"superficially suggests a small lobelia but note the slender spurs. leaves linear, shining. flowers pale violet, with a 2-humped white palate. dry sandy or acid soil. throughout. april-sept." you can check google images and see if something comes close.

where did your kids find this? some descriptions are by location.

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Posted: March 24 2005 at 10:03am \| IP Logged

does this look like it?

Old-Field Toadflax (Linaria canadensis)

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Posted: March 24 2005 at 10:10am \| IP Logged

sorry, i've been obsessed with garden-related topics this whole year....

i still think it's some kind of lobelia, based on the picture you have.

Lobelia from USDA.gov

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Posted: March 24 2005 at 4:14pm \| IP Logged

Here's a close up...

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JSchaaf
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Posted: March 24 2005 at 4:39pm \| IP Logged

Thank you Janette! I was just going to try and figure out how to do it! it was growing outside our fence. We live on the gulf coast of Mississippi, about 1 mile north of the beach. Spring has just sprung here.
Jennifer

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Posted: March 24 2005 at 5:11pm \| IP Logged

Toadflax. Blue toadflax. Linaria canadensis...my best guess.

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