Hi -
I sent the photo to a friend who is an herbalist and here is her
response -
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Well, that didn't take long - from the photo it appears flowers only
have 4 petals, which why I thought it might be a phlox, BUT - NOT.
From my reference book's photo & plant description I think it is:
SPECTACLE POD Dithyrea Wislizenii (mustard family). These are grayish
plants that branch near the top & are 1-5 ft tall. Leaf blades are broad,
taper to the tips & without petioles. The flowers grow in terminal racemes
that may be a ft long in the fruiting state. Each flower has 4 light blue
or purplish petals (although in the book & in your photos the flowers look
almost white to me). Each fruit is shaped like the two lenses of a set of
spectacles. They are found on sandy slopes throughout the western 1/2 of
the state. Bloom time is May - August.
NOTE: The book I bought & use is out of print now. It's Roadside
Flowers of Oklahoma by Doyle McCoy
Stephen Sentoff <steve30401@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Big John wrote:
> No one there has any idea
> what they are, so I will appreciate any clues.
>
> Thanks --
>
> http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/xjohn7015/CIMG0171.jpg
>
> p.s. I know what the little red ones are -it's the large white ones I'm
> interested in.
>
> Big John
I'd say it's a mustard of some sort. Maybe that's enough to get you
pointed in the right direction.
--
Steve
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