I found this growing off the coast of Georgia. Please help me identify it. It looks like horsetail but the stem is not fuzzy like horsetail and the leaves come off the stem almost like grass. It's not goldenrod either, the leaves come off the stem differently. underside of leaf ( photo / image / picture from just7law's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from just7law's Garden )
The leaves alternate in a spiraling fashion around the stem. I don't think it is goldenrod because the leaves come off the stem almost like a bamboo grass. I believe goldenrod leaves come off with a bit of a stem base that attaches to the main stem. the leaves are very slightly serrated with the serrations pointing towards the tip of the leaf tip.
Monarda clinopodia is a Georgia wildflower with similar leaves http://uswildflowers.com/images/full/dsc_5807.jpg Eupatoriadelphis fistulosus (Hollow Joe Pye Weed) is another one... http://uswildflowers.com/images/full/dsc_7935.jpg click on the blue links to see photos
Thanks Toni, I don't think it's either of those. If you can look at the pictures of attachment of the leaves to the stem/stalk. They don't attach the same in either of those two you posted. leaf at stem ( photo / image / picture from just7law's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from just7law's Garden )
I am not that familiar with Georgia wildflowers but you might check out http://uswildflowers.com/wfquery.php?State=GA to see if you can come up with something. Or email a photo to your local county extension office, they should know. I hope that you will join in on the fun and discussions on the forum. Do you garden?
Yes I do garden. My tomato plants are thriving and I have an assortment of fun things growing here. Watermelon, pineapple, persimmons, lemons, grapefruit, purple hull peas, green beans, potatoes, garlic, cucumber, yellow squash. The corn grew up about 1 foot and then stopped, it's just been sitting at the same height now for weeks. I water it daily and put compost on it, but the soil here is sandy and the water just drains through immediately.
I'm trying corn again this year. It's Blue Jade, doesn't get more than about 2-3 feet tall and can be grown in containers if needed. Got tomatoes, garlic and potatoes and green beans coming along. I have already dug up some of the Red Norland potatoes, they were delicious. We would like to see photos of your garden, plants, harvest, pets. We love oooooh and aaaaah over anything plant.
That sounds like a great garden Toni. I'm going to a botanical medicine conference in Black Mountain North Carolina this upcoming weekend if any of you are going. It's supposed to be one of the best natural medicine / botanical medicine conferences in the U.S.
I sent pictures of this plant to our local extension office and they are telling me it is phlox paniculata, but apparently it flowers yellow. I think whoever said goldenrod may be right. I'm going to have the leaves tested in the lab to be sure.
Hi just, A yellow phlox paniculata? Or you are thinking it can't be phlox because it flowers yellow? Goldenrod shouldn't be flowering now. I think of it as being an end of the summer bloomer. At lease in the NE.
yes, you are correct. My last post wasn't very clear. This isn't flowering yet and according to the locals won't flower until late July or August. I don't think it is phlox. I sent it to the local University here today and they say is it most likely a species of Solidago. I'm starting cancer research with it next month and have been having conflicting opinions as to what it is. I'm told to wait until it flowers to be certain.
