Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
07 / 16 / 2016
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Midwest
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City
Ann Arbor
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State
Michigan
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Posted by
Annie Mall
Notes:
My daughter started a mini garden this summer and cannot identify two of the plants she planted. We are almost certain these two plants were started from seeds. She is not sure what she planted in this bed, and they are growing like crazy. We hope they are not weeds, as they are right next to green peppers. Please help.
Comments
Jim Unregistered says:
The first is lamb’s quarters (Chenopodium album). The second may be a species of Amaranth (perhaps a common one in Georgia called ‘pigweed’). If I’m right on the second, it happens that both are edible potherbs, despite being common ‘weeds’. Some species of amaranth are cultivated for their seeds. Well, actually, the same is true of Chenopodium, one species of which produces quinoa.
July 19th, 2016 at 4:24pm