A friend I share plants with was walking by when I went out to the mailbox. I asked her to use the app on her phone to identify this group of yellow flowers. They aren't brown eyed or black eyed susans but I didn't know exactly what they were. She knew right away they are a native species because she used to work at a nearby forest preserve. Her app identified them as Smooth Oxeye which is more commonly known as False Sunflower. It has a Latin name also of course.
Being a native plant it grows easily ... read more