Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
07 / 28 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Midwest
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City
Bucyrus
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State
Ohio
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Posted by
jake12121212
Notes:
This plant which has a hairy stem and hairy leaves (top and underside), tiny flowers about 3/16 in. across has been growing in my parents North-Central Ohio garden for about 20 years. It is very easy to pull out of the ground and a very light frost will kill it to the ground. The problem is that it puts out copious amounts of seeds which must be 100% viable. The ground can be dirt-bare one day and in a week the seeds will have sprouted and the plants have buried the green pepper plants.
Comments
jake12121212 Master Identifier says:
Laura and Stone you hit the nail on the head! Mine’s the hairy one, Galinsoga ciliata. Thanks for the informative links. Galinsoga is on the menu for tomorrow’s lunch. In the meantime I’ll search for the recipe for “Ajiaco”.
August 12th, 2014 at 11:14pm
stone Master Identifier says:
Possible galinsoga http://oak.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/galci.htm
August 11th, 2014 at 2:10pm
Laura Unregistered says:
Looks like Galinsoga ciliata, Shaggy soldier. From the sources, it also looks like it is edible. http://www.nobanis.org/files/factsheets/galinsoga_quadriradiata.pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQPqk2AKK40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN41SMD2G3k
August 11th, 2014 at 11:29am