# Labor Day Flowers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297 "2021-09-08T03:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/1 "2021-09-08T03:53:51Z")
My wife and I spent the weekend in northern Arizona. There is some type of yellow flower (maybe Camphorweed?) that is going crazy in selected fields. I took these photos of this spectacular natural wonder: ![Shared with CloudApp](https://p9.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/qGuJx1EZ/76f5e599-680b-4be3-8087-1bf51eb06fc4.jpeg?source=social&v=d43cd85ea2f15a2a99de3a8cd727d2a4) ![Shared with CloudApp](https://p9.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/9ZuQgGd5/d927e2d8-a628-40f6-a389-86ca34cf712d.jpg?source=social&v=a161e0251828cc5d5995248eaf8630e8) ![Shared with CloudApp](https://p9.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/bLuq58qo/cb014dfd-f816-4cef-865c-dd6b7edc3518.jpeg?source=social&v=1c12c7831ef35e9f5e3378a4a993cb88) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/2 "2021-09-08T04:23:12Z")
[Invasive stinknet](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2019/04/10/what-is-globe-chamomile-and-why-is-it-considered-an-invasive-species-in-arizona/3420062002/)? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/3 "2021-09-08T04:36:01Z")
No, these look like little daisies. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/4 "2021-09-08T14:29:47Z")
Hard to be sure without a closer look, but I’d say they were Black-eyed Susans. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/5 "2021-09-08T14:49:54Z")
There are loads of Black-eyed Susans growing up there, too, but these are smaller, and have yellow seeds. I’ll post a closer photo of the flowers. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/6 "2021-09-08T15:29:15Z")
OK, I’ve used up all my free download bandwidth, so I moved the images. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51437622200/in/dateposted-public/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51437622200/in/dateposted-public/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51437398634_4344c0a18e_b.jpg "DSC\_7361") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51437398634/in/dateposted-public/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51437620495_9eef9d3286_b.jpg "DSC\_7476") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51437620495/in/dateposted-public/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51435898277_7f9faaed91_b.jpg "DSC\_7518") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51435898277/in/dateposted-public/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51437618170_ef3b855fa8_b.jpg "DSC\_7531") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51437618170/in/dateposted-public/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51437616270_a159251897_b.jpg "DSC\_7554\_lum") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51437616270/in/dateposted-public/) Closeup of the flowers: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51437398099_5623d8508f_b.jpg "DSC\_7489") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51437398099/in/dateposted-public/) These are Black-eyed Susans, in front of the KMC in Williams [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51436662176_c7938228e9_b.jpg "DSC\_7241") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/51436662176/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/7 "2021-09-08T16:10:43Z")
Sure look like black-eyed susans to me: [black-eyed susan - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=black-eyed+susan) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/8 "2021-09-08T16:52:25Z")
The huge masses in the fields don’t have black eyes - they have yellow eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/9 "2021-09-08T19:09:36Z")
Maybe [Brittlebush](https://www.mountaintripper.com/arizona-wildflowers-sonoran-desert/). Scroll down to the first large picture. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/10 "2021-09-08T19:24:41Z")
The flowers are very similar, but I don’t think that’s it - I have a bunch of volunteer Brittlebush growing at our house in Scottsdale, and the structure of the plant is very different. But, maybe these are all very young plants, before they get “bushy.” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/11 "2021-09-08T22:19:14Z")
Maybe they are tickseed (Coreopsis). This guy thinks they are: > **[Field of Tickseed Sunflowers by Aaron Burrows](https://pixels.com/featured/field-of-tickseed-sunflowers-aaron-burrows.html)** > > Field of Tickseed Sunflowers Photograph by Aaron Burrows ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/12 "2021-09-08T22:59:44Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Maybe they are tickseed (Coreopsis). Okay, they’re yellow-eyed susans then. And coreopsis is a disease that can set in during a complicated surgery gone bad, as used in _The Secret Life of Walter Mitty_ by James Thurber. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/13 "2021-09-08T23:41:41Z")
I can’t be 100% certain with one “sort of” close up, but yes, I believe it’s coreopsis. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/14 "2021-09-08T23:57:02Z")
At first, I thought they were coreopsis, but I think they are brittlebush (encelia farinosa). ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-flowers/950297/15 "2021-09-09T00:55:33Z")
I thought of brittlebush because there is a noticeable lack of foliage in the OP’s examples, although I agree the ones in the pictures are not mounding or bush-like. I have coreopsis in my side yard and it is always full of leaves.