What Is This Flower?

[suitcase_sally]

I found this growing in my garden and have looked through all my wildflower books and can't find it. It flowers in the early morning and the flower closed about noon. In these pics you can see other floweres that aren't ready to bloom yet. It grows about 15" high or so and has no stickers on it. I think it's rather pretty for a weed. I like the leaves. The color looks white in the pics, but it's actually a very pale yellow with the burgundy center.










Here it is after the flower closed.

[7thswan]

I wounder if it's an Anemone.

[Manny]

Looks like a variety of "mallow".

[flowergurl]

I think it is this:

http://www.examiner.com/article/mich...-venice-mallow

[SueMc]

We're all finding the answer at the same time!

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/...our_flower.htm

[ronbre]

its really cool

[suitcase_sally]

Thank you very much for the information! I spent over an hour yesterday, looking through my Audubon handbook and it's not even mentioned there. Again, thanks!

I wonder if it would be a good idea to save the seeds and plant a grouping of them, or would I be inviting trouble?

[Danaus29]

I don't pull them when I'm weeding. Never had them take over like some other plants can. If they do become a problem they are easy to pull out. But I don't think they will be a problem.

[wdcutrsdaughter]

so pretty for a "weed"

[Tiempo]

It's beautiful, I've never seen those before.

[Gretchen Ann]

After it is done blooming, it forms a seed similar to a ground cherry. I've have been told that they can cross with ground cherries so I always pull them out when they appear in my garden.

[Danaus29]

No they can't cross. Flower of an Hour is a mallow and ground cherries are a nightshade.

[suitcase_sally]

I'm saving seeds.

[Snoho_Raven]

Looks like a mallow to me. We have similar flower/weed here in Western WA but ours are either pink or white. Very pretty!