a pretty weed i found at work

I put the cocktail next to it to give it some scale. anyone know what this pretty little thing is?

Post edited by: dibloafer, at: 2008/04/04 04:14

Post edited by: dibloafer, at: 2008/04/04 04:22

Looks like Phlox to me.

Flowerlover it seems to me the petals of the phlox are more separated from each other than those of this weed?

Have a look:

click here please

Dibloafer they are lovely

Flowerlover is correct here. It is a phlox. Phlox is actually a native wildflower here in the States.

after some noodling online, i agree that it is a phlox, however this weed was growing in vast numbers in an open field. all of the specimens were about as big as the one i pulled out, and all about four or five feet apart, but they were everywhere! i hope this little guy grows as big and as full as some of the pictures i've seen online.

thank you sakura, flowerlover, and julie!

" this weed was growing in vast numbers in an open field"


that must have been a magnificent sight

yeah, i wish i had my camera then! it's a locked gate to get to this field so i can't get back there

That's a pity. They want to keep all that beauty for themselves