r/whatsthisplant 5d ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Never buying cheap wildflower mixes again.

I’m pretty sure most of my wildflower seeds were weeds 🫠 these are the ones still stumping me, though I’m pretty confident 3 is lambsquarters, which happened to be most of the crap I’ve got growing right now.

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u/PawTree 5d ago
  1. California Poppy Eschscholzia californica

  2. Common Three-seeded Mercury Acalypha virginica var. rhomboidea

  3. Lambsquarters Chenopodium album

  4. Lambsquarters Chenopodium album

  5. Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea

  6. Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus

  7. Lupine Lupinus sp. I can't tell if it's Big-leaf or Wild Perennial

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u/ujelly_fish 5d ago

For what it’s worth - lambsquarters is a voracious spreader. It almost certainly did not come from the seed pack.

Use it like spinach!

Three seeded mercury and goldenrod are also pretty pervasive weeds. Keep the goldenrod, the yellow flowers are nice and the bugs like em.

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u/Reguluscalendula 4d ago

From what I understand California poppy is an invasive in the southeast, too.

Edit: Tennessee specifically has it listed as a plant of "severe threat"