Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
07 / 29 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Beaufort
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State
South Carolina
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Posted by
lynne18
Notes:
In my garden I have growing an extraordinarily fast plant. It has 6 umbrella shaped leaves on very sturdy stems. At night the leaves fold inward and reopen in the morning. I never planted it and this is the first time in 6 years that it has emerged. Do I have a unique plant or just a big useless weed? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Lynne
Comments
stone Master Identifier says:
Ditto what Jennifer said…. Keep the coffee weed! http://gardens-in-the-sand.blogspot.com/2012/08/cloudless-sulfur.html There’s no need to pick off the beans…. The plant just isn’t that weedy. Incidentally, coffee weed is a great plant for improving the soil… I wish it would spread… At my house, it just comes up in the same spot each year.
August 1st, 2014 at 2:46pm
Mommahouse Unregistered says:
Yes,thanks! I need to go do some weeding this weekend!
August 1st, 2014 at 5:11am
Jennifer Christie Registered says:
However, it is a host for the caterpillar of the Cloudless Sulphur butterfly. Leave it be and pick off the seed pods and garbage them.
July 31st, 2014 at 5:07pm
lynne18 Registered says:
Thank you for identifying it. Definitely not a treasure.
July 31st, 2014 at 10:48am
Metrosideros Master Identifier says:
Looks like Senna obtusifolia, Sicklepod Senna.
July 31st, 2014 at 2:16am