It starts out a brown ball or pod that opens into five segments that look milky white, lined with fuzz. It is perhaps 1 inch across in diameter. The pod (or flower) is one of several on the plant, on long tall stems. It is growing in a garden pot in an alley near my home. Thank you.
2007-02-08 18:42:47 · 9 answers · asked by Chali 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The pod is a perfect sphere of dark brown with light brown circular patterns on it, when it opens it looks like lemon wedges or orange wedges except that they are the color of cream and the whole thing has fine white hairs all over it.
2007-02-08 19:17:01 · update #1
http://a984.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/42/l_3f2573e5356a17dc0cd1577788f1275f.jpg
I posted a picture because my description doesn't seem to be working well.
2007-02-08 19:42:28 · update #2
I do believe that what you are seeing is called a musk mallow...It's actually very lovely when it blooms...
See picture...
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Knapweed210.jpg
2007-02-08 19:34:58 · answer #1 · answered by Jade Orchid 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
When I have this problem, I'll usually pluck the weed, place it in a bag, and take it to my local Home Depot or Lowes and visit the garden dept. They always have massive books that identify every plant known to man, and they will help you look it up.
2007-02-09 04:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by NYTEVIOLET 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
u can either enjoy the thing or pull them out from the roots they can become quite ravenous many seeds inside take some doing but it can be done
2007-02-10 23:54:36 · answer #3 · answered by ilikefoliage 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a cotton boll that the cotton has already been picked from.
2007-02-09 05:03:05 · answer #4 · answered by J P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sound's like your going to be picking Cotton soon!
2007-02-09 02:53:05 · answer #5 · answered by Sandyspacecase 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
milkweed maybe -- just a guess http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/cape_cod/images/milkweed.jpg they break open and have white fuzzy seed things inside http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/cape_cod_II/images/milkweed%20exploding.jpg monarch butterflies love milkweed ..
2007-02-09 02:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by --------------- 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
THIS very well may be a milk weed.
2007-02-09 03:04:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Damn girl.. you've got poppy growin' all over the shop....
2007-02-09 02:49:08 · answer #8 · answered by sabrewilde666 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
poppy?
2007-02-09 02:46:13 · answer #9 · answered by Button Face 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋