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Posted: 7/21/2013 9:47:32 PM EDT
Any idea what this plant is? It's growing in a neglected little flower bed on the side of my house. Plant's about 12" high and this beautiful little blossom is about the size of a quarter.

Link Posted: 7/21/2013 9:55:38 PM EDT
[#1]
Marigold?
Link Posted: 7/21/2013 9:58:17 PM EDT
[#2]
It's that new "Spicy Marijuana".  Hide yo' dawg.
Seriously, it looks kind of like a type of mint.
Link Posted: 7/21/2013 9:58:36 PM EDT
[#3]
Verbena?
Link Posted: 7/21/2013 9:59:25 PM EDT
[#4]
Juvenile triffid.
Link Posted: 7/21/2013 10:04:36 PM EDT
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It's that new "Spicy Marijuana".  Hide yo' dawg.



Seriously, it looks kind of like a type of mint.
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LOL....

I thought it looks like mint too but crushed a leaf and no mint smell. Those blooms are incredibly tiny. Really have no idea what it is.
Link Posted: 7/21/2013 10:19:41 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/21/2013 10:22:25 PM EDT
[#7]
Not sure but they have them here. And they are pretty.


IMG_4213 by emopunker2004, on Flickr
Link Posted: 7/21/2013 10:24:09 PM EDT
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I'm sticking with my guess of Verbena. It comes in dozens of different colors and multi colors, sizes and shapes. To say "Verbena" is akin to identifying a photo of an AR-15 as a "rifle".

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/197467/

Link Posted: 7/21/2013 11:02:54 PM EDT
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Verbena?
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Verbena family it seems. Lantana

ETA:



Verbena Hybrida:


Lantana Camara version 1:


Lantana Camara version 2:


I'm with Barney. Probably Verbena of the type Lantana Camara. It's not like I know anything about this stuff though...
Link Posted: 7/21/2013 11:09:37 PM EDT
[#10]
Ahhh.. Lantana...

I bet that's it.
Link Posted: 7/22/2013 2:06:14 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/22/2013 2:49:56 AM EDT
[#12]
Lantana

They are pretty hardy and will grow totally neglected and abused and still look good to spite you. Feed it a bit and it should really take off.

Humming birds and butterfly's love them.
Link Posted: 7/22/2013 2:59:12 AM EDT
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That particular mixed color bloom is the wild and native lantana that grows all over Texas. You see them in open fields and vacant lots in urban areas. I have viewed them from the East Texas Piney woods out to Big Bend National Park out West. Extremely drought tolerant and grows best in full sunlight. Some grow to 5 feet tall and 3 feet around. The nursery business has bred dozens of new colors and even miniatures.
Ask a man who's been in the nursery business/farming for 43 years......
Link Posted: 7/23/2013 10:17:50 PM EDT
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I should have recognized it, but the color of the bloom threw me. Almost all the lantana I've ever seen has pure yellow / gold blooms. I wonder if the plant being mostly shaded could cause the white / pink / purpleish bloom?
Link Posted: 7/24/2013 12:48:43 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/25/2013 11:00:43 AM EDT
[#16]
Yep, there called "Ham & Eggs" here to.
Link Posted: 7/25/2013 11:03:29 AM EDT
[#17]
And yet another Arfcom mystery is solved.

Tune in next week where we will be discussing the differences between buffalo and bison.
Link Posted: 7/25/2013 11:19:39 AM EDT
[#18]
Yep.  Lantana.  We have 3 of them in front of our house.  Every fall I cut them all the way down to the ground.  Right now they are standing about 3.5' tall.  Almost impossible to kill too.  
Link Posted: 7/25/2013 11:38:09 AM EDT
[#19]
Lantana – it's a noxious weed. Toxic to cattle, sheep, goats, etc.
Link Posted: 7/25/2013 11:41:19 AM EDT
[#20]
That's a possum.
Link Posted: 7/25/2013 11:44:42 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/25/2013 11:44:42 AM EDT
[#22]
lantana - we have that exact variety growing in our yard.
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