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Author Garden: Smooth Rattlesnake Root, Prenanthes racemosa AT_Walker Gardener Member # 7775 posted                       I am not a gardener (unless you count my hastas). I like to identify native wildflowers, trees, and other plants. Here is a plant I have not found in my field guides. It is a tall, sturdy plant on a single, erect stem that reaches six feet. The leaves are small and clasping. The white flowers are on very short stalks arising from the leaf axils. Any idea what this might be? There are many more pictures of it on my Web site, MinnesotaSeasons.com, at the link below: Minnesota Seasons - Mystery Plant B [ February 19, 2007, 01:53 AM: Message edited by: Jiffymouse ] * * * * John F Valo Plants: 3 | From: Burnsville, MN | Registered: Jan 2006  |  Seeded: 206.196.41.207 RugbyHukr Garden Pro! Member # 5274 posted                       looks like mint * * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/flugnash Plants: 1058 | From: SoCal via WV | Registered: Apr 2005  |  Seeded: 134.173.124.46 Marian Great Gardener Member # 7702 posted                       I think it is a wild lettuce , Lactuca canadensis . * * * * Plants: 56 | From: Arkansas | Registered: Jan 2006  |  Seeded: 12.199.45.176 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       The other mystery plant you have on your page, looks to me like some kind of... Large-flowerd beard-tongue????????? Still looking for something that looks like that.. Seems very firmilar, but can't quite place it... YET!!! * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.115.46 AT_Walker Gardener Member # 7775 posted                       I agree that Mystery Plant A looks like a beardtongue - or some kind of penstemon. But it is very hairy and the flowers are much smaller than the Large-flowered Beardtongue. Also, the lower "lip" appears to be unsplit. * * * * John F Valo Plants: 3 | From: Burnsville, MN | Registered: Jan 2006  |  Seeded: 206.196.41.207 RugbyHukr Garden Pro! Member # 5274 posted                       look thru some mint family pages. I still think mint. horsemint hairy mint penny royal * * * * I love the sweet scents wafting in the breeze. I stop to admire the vibrant colors of all living things. And people think me odd. Then ODD I am!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/flugnash Plants: 1058 | From: SoCal via WV | Registered: Apr 2005  |  Seeded: 134.173.124.46 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       I'm going with the Pennyroyal one... * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.115.46 AT_Walker Gardener Member # 7775 posted                       WeedWoman at iVillage got it. It is Smooth Rattlesnake Root, Prenanthes racemosa. iVillage Garden Web Thanks for trying. * * * * John F Valo Plants: 3 | From: Burnsville, MN | Registered: Jan 2006  |  Seeded: 206.196.41.207 Marian Great Gardener Member # 7702 posted                       I saw the response on the Name That Plant forum . I feel like a dork that I didn't remember identifying one of those here on our place last year . I was close . It is of the same family as wild lettuce ! * * * * Plants: 56 | From: Arkansas | Registered: Jan 2006  |  Seeded: 12.199.45.154

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