I am having a tough time identifying this flower/plant...it came up in yard and I allowed it to grow instead of mowing it down...its about 3-4 weeks old and it had just started producing flowers. Flower come out of the main stem instead of off the branches of the plant. {} {} This is year two for these plants...they came up a month or so ago...they do not produce a flower or a fruit and its not a cottonwood tree or elephant ear (They die in the fall) {}
It could be the Alcea setosa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alcea_setosa.jpg But I am just not sure. It looks like a Hollyhock but the flowers are rather far apart. Try Alcea rosea BW. Bob F.
By George I think yall are all right! I looked at a few pics of them and finally found a match... http://www.wuvie.net/hollyhocks.htm
