brooklynrichards's Identifications

Leaves:
Produced basal rosette of toothed leaves. Alternative leaves that are deeply palmate. Stems are erect, tall and hollow.

Flowers:
Flowers are white and pink in color, with older blooms on the lower portion of the stalk. Flowers are racemose. Ciliate on the claws, lower part of the stem has simple (forked) hairs. Stamens are free in 2 to 3 series, filaments mostly conical. Raceme elongate. Ovary superior. Radial symmetry (actinomorphic).

Foraging at feeders near some chickadees and house finches (the nuthatches seem to be dominant and the others sneak in while they're away). Seed mix is mostly sunflower seeds and peanuts. In a residential neighborhood.

Branching pattern difficult to say, as there appeared to only be one ternately compound leaf. Each part of this leaf is oblong shaped with an entire margin. This flower has a superior ovary, 4 apopetalous petals, and 4 aposepalous sepals. There is one pistil, and 4 main stamens. Inflorescence appears to be a small simple embel.