Weird flower,what is it? White with purple tips, 6 points, like a lily, hollow dark wine colored stem. 6/8 ft
Question:Large leaves, grow larger as the plant grows. Has 4 bracts of seeds under flower and spreads 50 to 100 seeds or more per bracht. Do I keep it or kill it? Growing in horse pasture.
Answers:
Maybe jimson weed, although that usually is a vine. Could be an angel's trumpet (datura). I wouldn't kill it until I found out what it is because it may be something useful for your environment. However, if it's spreading like crazy, selectively remove some.
Take a sample of the plant to a local, family-owned nursery. The big box employees generally don't know too much about plants.
Or maybe there's a gardening society. Always the library, google images, and county horticultural/agricultural agent.
Sounds like an invasive weed of some king, I'd get rid of the things before it takes over the entire pasture.
Could it be an Iris?? Look it up and see if it looks like it.
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