Odorific plant and a flower

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  1. C.Wick

    C.Wick Active Member

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    If I tried supper hard to find the flower...I might...but I'm extremely stumped on the leafy plant.....I can walk thru my fields and the woods and brush against it and the smell is amazing to me...extremely hard to explain. My son and I both end up standing just sniffing the leaflets trying to put an ID to them....very herb-like? But I don't think they're an herb we can eat.......kind of like a mosquito plant? But not so citrinella smelling. HELLLP!
    Both found in creek and wood areas of NE Kansas...
     

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    Silver surfer Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Tyrlych Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    #2 is Artemisia annua I believe.
     
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    Definately the Sagewart...thanx!
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Myrrhis has differently shaped leaf divisions.
     
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    agreed...the second ID, Artemisia annua, was right on however.....
    it's neat to know the history of this medicinal plant...
     

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