What type of flower is this?

[Mammabear05]

Hello yall wanted to see if you could help me out I planned some wildflower seeds and wanted to know what type of flower this will be?

 

[PhilaGardener]

Looks like some sort of amaranthus or pigweed to me (but the larger images are not loading).

 

[Mammabear05]

I'll try and resend it.

 

[Carol Dee]

i am stumped until it blooms.

 

[flowerbug]

Looks like some sort of amaranthus or pigweed to me ...

agree. i.e. worm food unless you want to see it bloom to determine what it is.

 

[897tgigvib]

kinnasorta lookslike beebalm...is there a pleasant scent?

 

[ninnymary]

kinnasorta lookslike beebalm...is there a pleasant scent?

Hi Marshall! It's good to see you again.

Mary

 

[ducks4you]

@marshallsmyth , ditto what @ninnymary said!! Look time, no hear! How are you doing?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Where did you get the wildflower seeds? Did it have a list of possible plants? That might help a lot, to know what the choices are.

Crush a leaf and see if it has a distinctive smell. That might be really helpful.

To me the shape of the leaf and the red stem says some variety of pigweed. The leaves look a little pale for the varieties I'm used to but maybe a different variety? It's possible it will have some flower you want but I suggest you look up pigweed to see what the seed heads look like. If it is pigweed get rid if it before it goes to seed. It makes a lot of seeds and can be invasive. You don't want it to get established. The variety I had in northwest Arkansas even had thorns, it was painful to pull.

Let us know what you find out.

 

[digitS']

digitS' rising in defense of the "pig weed family."

Some species in this family, such as spinach and beets are garden vegetables. Quinoa is a cereal grain.

And, many are found in flower gardens as ornamentals: Amaranth and Celosia, among them .

There are lots of species as I discovered last year with a mixed packet of Orach seed. Something one would consider A Weed is a possibility.

Steve