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WildflowerA wildflower is a flower not growing in someone's yard or wasn't planted in their yard. Its meaning has been made vague by commercial growers who are interested in selling more flowers or seeds more expensively than when labeled with only its name and/or origin. The term implies that the plant probably is neither a hybrid nor cultivated in any way different from the way it appears in the wild as a native plant even if it is growing where it would not naturally.
Scientists do not refer to wildflowers and generally try to discourage people from using the term altogether. Terms like native (naturally occuring in the area), exotic (not naturally occuring in the area), invasive (out-competes other plants – whether native or not), imported (introduced to an area whether deliberately or accidently) and naturalized (introduced to an area, but now considered by the public as native) are much more accurate.
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