Can anyone help with a flower ID?

[HarveyDarkey]

[NV Whino]

1. Looks like a salvia

or sage, which is a salvia. Rub the leaves and see if they have a slight peppery smell.

[HarveyDarkey]

2. I don't think so

the leaves are gray like the flowerets and very velvety. I googled Salvia images, and nothing resembled it.

[Cassandra]

3. Heather?

[HarveyDarkey]

5. Don't think so

None of the leaves look right

Edit to add facetious photo (found on my image search for heather)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

10. wait...back to the heather thing

oh,flowers nevermind.

[hippywife]

4. Very unusual and pretty!

I sure don't know what it might be. You might try a wildflower id site like this one:

http://www.mywildflowers.com/

[HarveyDarkey]

6. I'm not sure that it's a wildflower

It's in a city park (planted area). Here are some more close-ups.

[Cassandra]

12. Just because it's planted...

doesn't mean it isn't a wildflower. It just hasn't been bred to be anything other than it is.

[CC]

7. Wish I could see more of the leaves but

could it be lambs ear?


From google





Looks like it. Not used to seeing it in bloom.

[HarveyDarkey]

8. That looks like it, thanks

[alfredo]

11. Looks like lamb's ear to me too.

[CC]

13. Glad I could help.

One of the few that I had a chance on. A lot of people grow it here, mostly for the leaves. I don't know that I have ever noticed it in bloom. Wondering if many around here trim the buds before they bloom.

[HarveyDarkey]

14. Yeah, thanks again for your help

The flowers aren't aren't much, but the leaves are incredible. I'd never seen it before, but I fell in love with it when I first saw it.

[japple]

15. It can become pesky and, at some point, you may have to

thin it out.

[hippywife]

9. Good catch, CC!

There are so many varieties of flowers and vegetation out there, some I would never guess were related to one another.

:hi: