These are both from the semi-swampy area of my garden that I haven't been able to mow this summer because it's been so wet.

The one on the left is a low running forb about 3' wide and 1' tall with floppy stems, but the flowers are held up and quite showy. Maybe something in the Onagraceae? It's on a section of higher ground so I don't think it's really a wetlands plant at all.

The grass seed head on the right is from a grass about 3' tall, 4' including the heads, with pretty non-descript light green leaves with a "zip" along the back side, like what's on the side of a pampus grass leaf. From a distance I thought they were the seed heads of a Scirpus...wait...update. It is one. They just don't resemble the other Scirpus I'm more familiar with. The leaves of it are more grass like that any Cyperaceae I've seen.

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This post was edited by davidrt28 on Mon, Aug 26, 13 at 21:45