• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldOP
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      Plant id said it’s a California poppy, but some looked rufflier?

      I do try and save the tab for them, but this one was just a mix and general info for all of them. Like seriously haha.

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        No, everyone in this thread is correct about foliage, bloom structure, petal count, etc. I never know how much info to give with plant ID corrections without coming off as an arrogant plant nerd, lol. But as a former flower farmer and florist - and knowing you like the info! - yes, those are pansies. They are not violas (although all pansies descend from violas) because they are orange; violas only appear in blue, white, purple, and yellow. Additionally, pansies have been bred for bicolor and streaky appearance which these seem to have. You will notice pansy/viola foliage is compact, low, with oblong leaves. They are prolific volunteers so look forward to more!

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          Yeah sorry mine came out wrong, I meant the California poppies that I looked up were rufflier so I wasn’t confident they were poppies. Hadn’t been assed to find out if the app was right or not, but you fine folks did.

          I get it, I could someone’s ear off about cannabis myself.

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    Those aren’t poppies. The leaves and the flower structure is all wrong. I know this because they grow like weeds everywhere around me.

    Poppies will have needle-like leaves, kinda like fennel, or wide dill. The flowers would be more conic in shape.

    They certainly have the color of a Cali Poppies, but they’re more flat like a pansy maybe?

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    I dont think it’s a California poppy. California poppies have 4 petals of the same size and shape, evenly spaced on the flower. They also have thin, long, bifurcated leaves.

    This plant has flowers with 5 petals, and they arent uniform. This flower has bilateral symmetry, but not radial symmetry like California poppy. Additionally this plant has broad short rounded leaves.

    I think it’s some kind of violet. They look very happy, whatever you are doing is clearly working

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      Damn, that’s the information I like to get. Trying to get that myself would involve an hour of research. Never would of thought to count petal or sepal amounts.

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    I don’t count the dandelion blooms myself.

    My neighbor has a lilac tree I think and it’s the first thing to bloom. One of my trees still isn’t out of dormancy, some are budding. Love this stupid cold-hot time of year.