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QUESTION: I have a perennial growing in my yard that I have been unable to identify.  The foliage is 16 inches high and looks like that of an anemone windflower. However, the roots are feathery, not tuberous or fibrous.  It is in blossom right now here in Zone 3.  The blossom stalks are 26 inches tall with 1 inch cup-shaped blossoms that are a yellowish orange color with darker orange at the petal edges. Can you help my identify this plant?

ANSWER: Hi Denise,
Thanx for your question.  First, I need to know your general location (Alaska, Minnesota, Toronto, e.g.).  Secondly, is this plant a wild flower or is it being cultivated in someone's garden.  First guesses would be California poppy, Iceland poppy, calendula, trollius.  Let me know the additional info.
thx,
Tom

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QUESTION: Thanks for thinking about my question.  I live in the Adirondack mountains of northern NY.  The plant is not a wild flower - it has been cultivated in a flower bed.  My first thought was that it was some sort of papaver.  However, the foliage is more palmate than most poppies I have seen.  Also, neither the leaves nor the stalks are hairy.
ANSWER: Hi Denise,
Thanx for the follow up.  I think it is trollius.  Google the following for images:
Trollius laxus
T. stenopetalum
T. acaulis
T. pumilus
Let me know.
thx,
Tom

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QUESTION: This is not a question this time.  I just wanted to let you know that I think you are right about it being a trollius.  Thank you for your help.
Denise

Answer
Hi Denise,
Thanx for the info.  To be honest with you, it always makes presents a challenge to me when people ask me to identify a plant or flower sight unseen.  However, I must admit, as much as it stresses me out, I do enjoy the challenge.  Thanx for challenging me and I hope you will use our website again.  Take care!
T