Thanks to all that responded, I know I can count on this group to know their flowers! It is indeed flower-of-the-hour, a mallow. Although it is a "weed" it is too pretty for me to pull it from the garden. There it stays unless it decides to take over. Thanks, all. Joanne Konst Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]