Name that plant
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Date Photo Taken
09 / 08 / 2012
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Season Photo Was Taken
Fall
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Roswell
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State
Georgia
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Posted by
sdbrophy
Notes:
Just to make sure we’re talking about the same thing, my weed that looks like this has bamboo-looking thin leaves, grows 2-3′ (so far) and has a lovely long stalk of small pinkish flowers that just appeared. We did not have this plant for the past 5 YEARS!! It just showed up this year and is spreading like a terrorist sleeper cell among my gardenias and hostas. Can I treat for it near my creeping gardenias or will they die too?
Comments
lindahileman Apprentice says:
” spreading like a terrorist sleeper cell” EXACTLY like that. Never saw it before this year. We have a wooded back yard with a lot of ivy, and it is even beating out the ivy! It is very fast growing and spreading. It does have small blooms. I just want to know how to get rid of it. It isn’t super hard to pull up, but to keep up with it, I would have to spend hours per day!
October 23rd, 2022 at 6:06pm
Scott Hertzog Unregistered says:
I have this – it can get quite tall near the creek in my back yard, but I have yet to see any blooms on it. I would like to get rid of it, but don’t want to kill the grass that is underneath it by spraying.
October 28th, 2012 at 5:54pm
Bobby Master Identifier says:
The picture is a little misleading. A plant I’ve been watching is now about 24 – 30 inches tall. I would call it a sprawling growth habit. Mine is blooming at this time also. It did not bloom last year. Look closely and you will probably see a few of the small loments or segmented seed pods. Just google loment and you will find several examples of what you’re looking for.
September 12th, 2012 at 4:27pm
sdbrophy Registered says:
Leaf shape is similar but this looks like a stronger stalk. I’d hate to think mine will get this branch-like. I think the flowers are a similar shape though.
September 11th, 2012 at 9:32pm
stone Master Identifier says:
I’m thinking a desmodium. Grass-leaf Tick Trefoil (Desmodium gramineum) or (Desmodium paniculatum). No terrorist sleeper cell… stilt-grass (Microstegium vimineum), and basket-grass (Oplismenus hirtellus ) don’t have nice legume-type blooms. While desmodiums have those beggar-lice seedpods, they are actually valuable members of the plant community, and are not considered invasive.
September 11th, 2012 at 11:41am
Bobby Master Identifier says:
This could be another “lomentous” occasion here Walter! http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/desmodiumsess.html
September 11th, 2012 at 10:17am
Bobby Master Identifier says:
I’ve never noticed this type bloom on stilt grass. Does you terrorist look like this http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2004/08/31/melody/18abcc.jpg ?
September 10th, 2012 at 12:10pm