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10-06-2007, 04:21 PM
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Help me identify this ?

I have recently noticed this plant / weed growing outside my house, in the crack between the wall & the path. The pictures aren't great but any help to identify it would be great. It's not in my wildflower book.



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10-06-2007, 04:27 PM
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Is it a spreading plant,looks like a lobelia flower it may have self seeded from someone elses garden.
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10-06-2007, 04:42 PM
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Yep lobelia
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10-06-2007, 05:40 PM
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It's a similar shape but I'm pretty sure it isn't lobelia. Our whole town seems swathed in it, always in tiny cracks.
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10-06-2007, 05:49 PM
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Definately Lobelia it will grow in cracks when it seeds.
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10-06-2007, 05:50 PM
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I'm very sure it is lobelia. I was pressing some flowers to make cards last year and I got to know this flower very well.
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10-06-2007, 06:02 PM
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oooo I have tons of it,definitely lobelia,
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10-06-2007, 06:49 PM
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I stand corrected ! Is it usual for it to be growing everywhere ? I mean not in gardens but in the cracks in front of buildings ? It looks fantastic, I can't remember ever seeing it all over like this before.
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10-06-2007, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Deb13 View Post
I have recently noticed this plant / weed growing outside my house, in the crack between the wall & the path. The pictures aren't great but any help to identify it would be great. It's not in my wildflower book.



its lobelia i have it in my garden in several colours (its a flower ) .
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10-06-2007, 06:53 PM
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It looks and sounds like Lobelia. It has self seeded everywhere in my garden.
This would also explain why it is not in your wild flower book
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