Flower Identification

Since we live out here in the relative middle of nowhere, we tend to see several different kinds of beasts and also have several different types of plants around us.  I will sometimes get it into my head to find out exactly what something is called.  In this instance, there was this plant out by the mailbox that I thought was pretty.  It looked kind of aster-like, and when it went to seed, it had a puffball like a dandelion only very big!  So, I consulted my trusty Wildflower Identification website and decided that it is something called Yellow Goatsbeard.  Here is a very nice picture of it:

Yellow Goatsbeard

 

This is definitely a wildflower.  I’ve decided that term means any flower that “normal” people don’t care for much and don’t choose to plant in their flower gardens.  I like it and think it’s pretty, although it would be nice if it had a scent too.  I’m never satisfied, I guess.