Need ID help, please

Burleson, TX(Zone 8a)

OK, here's what happened. I planted a whole bed in native flowers last year (things I got from you guys). It's out away from the house and the house beds. However, I'm weeding today, and I'm running into some stuff that looks maybe the same as some things in that native bed. Hmmmmm. I really just can't tell.

I looked at my "key" for #7 (the native bed), and I just can't tell. The little boogers aren't in the same place that they were originally planted. Color me "DUH," but please--are these weeds or flowers?

By looking at my diagram of where I put everything, the closest things would be Lyre Leaf Sage, Cone Flower or Frostweed. HELP!!

Some look really similiar, except for maybe one being more flat to the ground than the other. Heck these may all be the same thing.

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Lee's Summit, MO(Zone 6a)

It looks like Gillardia to me.

Burleson, TX(Zone 8a)

Oh my, never heard of that. What is it?

Lee's Summit, MO(Zone 6a)

A google.com search will provide hundreds of sites that show this plant, such as this one:

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GAPU

Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a)

None of those look fuzzy enough or the right color leaves to be Gaillardia (Blanket flower) to me.

The second one looks like coneflower to me. No clue about the other two.

Josephine, Arlington, TX(Zone 8a)

O.K. the first one looks like Ironweed, the second one is not Coneflower but don't know what it is.
The third one is Mexican Primrose. Just let the second one grow and we will find out.

Houston Heights, TX(Zone 9a)

Josephine, was the primrose at one time called Oenothera speciosa or is the berlandieri slightly different?

Josephine, Arlington, TX(Zone 8a)

Yes it is Oenothera speciosa http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=OESP2
This is the Calylophus berlandieri http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CABE6

They are different although similar.

Houston Heights, TX(Zone 9a)

I bumped Sybram's post about what she planted in that bed. I was trying to repost and did not know how but it says something like Bed 7 before and after.

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