Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
06 / 29 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Midwest
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City
Sterling Heights
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State
Michigan
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Posted by
roxyhjust
Notes:
The plant appeared in my garden this spring. I’ve never seen it before, but left it grow because I was curious. It’s now almost 5 feet tall.
Comments
whatweed Master Identifier says:
The tender young leaves make a greens similar to spinach, in taste, if par boiled first. Not poison if par boiled.
July 17th, 2014 at 12:45pm
stone Master Identifier says:
Pokeweed is a very cool native plant that does not deserve all of the negative press it gets… http://www.stonethegardener.com/wp/2014/05/phytolacca-americana/
July 16th, 2014 at 11:16am
parityanimal Master Identifier says:
It will eat your garden if unchecked. Letting it grow this big may have been a big mistake as it will have made a large tuber underground and will come up all over from that as well as seeds.
July 16th, 2014 at 9:11am
Meg Unregistered says:
I’m sure it’s pokeweed. The birds “plant”the seeds when they poop. It’s poisonous,but kind of pretty!
July 15th, 2014 at 4:29pm