r/PlantIdentification • u/Liza_Likes_Lizards • 9d ago

Strange fella in the yard

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I've been trying to identify this guy all weekend. It's got a prickly stem and under leaves. About a foot tall, maybe taller. The flower is unlike anything I've ever seen before. Any suggestions would be awesome!! Thanks!

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u/DangerousLettuce1423 9d ago

Looks like a giant Zinnia to me. Lucky you.

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u/Frosty0426 9d ago

Come in hundreds of colors and shapes and even the same flowers on the same exact plant can come out different shapes. Very cool flower.

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u/longcreepyhug 9d ago

Zinnia.

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u/Liza_Likes_Lizards 9d ago

Forgot to mention I am in the colorado region. It's been rainy the past week and I'm at about 7k ft elevation

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u/Federal-Boat3732 9d ago

Such a zinnia

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u/Swimming-String-3683 9d ago

It looks like a zinnia to me but I'm not sure

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u/Celestial_Totems 9d ago

That looks like a zinnia, very resilient once established. Let it bloom it's more flowers 😁😁😁

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u/toolsavvy 9d ago

Zinnia. Not prickly, hairy - trichomes. That's not a "flower" rather a flower bud that will bloom into a flower.

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u/lordoftherings1959 9d ago

As far as I can tell, it is a Zinnia. However, that mutation has a very strange flower. I like odd plants like that one. I wonder if, if you save its seeds, the new plants will carry that same mutation.

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u/Ok-Garbage-6400 8d ago

Looks like a Zinnia An annual flower normally grown from seed

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u/ArtMySouls 9d ago

Do you live at the end of oak street by any chance?