We all need to take more naps!!

Not to change the subject, but
MG (or anyone else that can help)
Do you know what this is? It's about 14 inches high, no leaves, and a single "flower?"


(edit) Oh, forgot... and it returns every year.

Is that the flower? It looks like some kind of an onion type bloom to me. Just a stem and no leaves? hmmm, or a globe amaranthe, but the long stringy parts are not right for that one. I'll try to look in some of my books and let you know if I see anything like that. Very unusual. Never seen it around here. But then the birds are always dropping new "weeds" into my gardens! I have a beautiful red poppy that looks like a carnation bloom, and the leaves look like pale lettuce! Some birdie brought me that one!

It looks like a thistle in bloom to me. The picture is a little hard to see detail.

No luck yet. It kind of reminds me of the Queen Annes lace with the "fingers", but yet I'm still haunted by something else I can't quite put my finger on......

Don't spend toooo much time on it... Unless you *like* a challenge. I'll try to get a better shot of them today, with a different background.

Heh, it drives me nuts not to know what a plant is!! It might take me all winter but I'll find it!! I'm going over to my dad's this morning. He's a retired farmer, he might know what it is. Unless it doesn't grow here. I forget where everyone is from......puppy are you in California or Michigan??

Detroit area. It wasn't "planted". Like you, we sometimes get a gift.

I have a few questions re your flower/weed.
Have you ever dug one up to see if it's a bulb?
Is the stem round, triangular or square?
Does it have any smell?
Is it fuzzy/hairy or sticky (primarily on the stem?)
Do you know if what (I believe) you are calling the flower is the flower or is it a seed pod?
Is the reddish looking head hard?
In the picture it looks like another on is next to it, on the left, with a white head, and another head on the longer stem with a yellow head.
It's the first day of summer here. How about there, early spring maybe?
Looking forward to additional pics.

http://www.carsoncity.k12.mi.us/~hsstudent/wildflowers00/
Puppy, try this.

Mrs. M., got a site I can look things up by description?

Skinny, welcome and thanks for the questions I hadn't thought of.

Don't know if it's a bulb, but would be willing to check (tomorrow). Stem is round, not sticky and no fuzz anywhere. You're right about the 'flower'. It's hard with no soft pedals, so think it's a seed pod. There are only 2 of them. The white one on the left is one that just has not fully opened yet, encased in an 'onion skin'. Not much of an odor if any. Neighbor said it looks like a retarded onion. Hmm... the weather... Not good at this, but I'd say late late spring early summer, but it's been very wet so far this year. We have some of the lilies in bloom, and the others are still buds. Iris blooms will be done soon (I think), and no Glads yet.
More Pics.

Both plants. Pic on the right is the bottom of the two stems. I guess one could call those dried up leaves?

Next two pics... First is a side view. The white circle is about the size of a quarter. Next pic is the same thing, but viewed from the top.

This is the smaller one on the left, just beginning to open.

Alien pods??

I found a site, Name that Plant, in my master gardener web files. I'll send over a couple of the pics. If I can!! heh

I remember these when growing up in the Baltimore, MD area; the bulbous roots seemed to have an oniony or garlicy smell when broken. IIRC

I believe it is Allium vineale L. Also known as wild garlic.

Check out this site. Still checking though.

By Golly Jake - I believe you are right.

Where have you been lately Mister????

yup, sure does.
"once established it is difficult to control" uh-oh!

Yes, I think we have a winner...

Thanks !

Now, that's what I call an interesting forum topic!

Ok, everybody take pictures of your weeds!! heh

No more weeds for a while please. I'm still stressed out from the last one. That was a doozy. So Puppy, are ya gonna sent it to meet it's maker?

I love the things that appear in my yard ... columbine, nightshade, fire weed, blackberry, and lest I forget, the chestnuts my squirrel friends keep planting in my honeysuckle. I let the fire weed grow for two years until I decided that perhaps I didn't want my dandelions taken over by them The blackberry vines and nightshade are a real pain in the a** as are the chestnuts (hard to dig them out). The columbine lived for several years. At least I don't have any volunteer morning glory, and the neighbors ivy is managable on my fence.

One of these days I'm going to rip out all the grass and plant natives. Hmmm ... I wonder where I'll put the skunk-weed?

I was looking thru a new copy of my VanBourgondein catalog and here pops up a picure of that plant! LOL "hair" . Sound very retro, makes me hear the song in my head. Yea, I'm a little goofy!
dutchbulbs catalog

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http://www.dutchbulbs.com/fall/y33358.1.html

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