Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
08 / 02 / 2020
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Lavonia
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State
Georgia
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Posted by
Mary Kneiser
Notes:
This has been growing in one corner of my yard that has no other plants. ItÕs prolific and spreading. When I pulled it up it caused terrible itching and redness on my arm that eventually went away. It gets about 2 feet tall. IÕve never seen it before. Would like to know what it is.
Comments
Mary Registered says:
Thank you! That’s exactly what it is. The info on the link you shared said mourning doves and deer feed on it. Either way, I took it out.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:25am
laura735 Master Identifier says:
Link for Virginia Mercury.
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/va_mercury.htm
August 6th, 2020 at 3:23am
laura735 Master Identifier says:
Maybe a species in the Acalypha (cooper leaf/three-seeded mercury. Check out two similar looking species the A. rhomboidea & A. virginica from these included links for more information. According to sources, both of these can cause skin rash or irritation. Best wishes!
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/rhomb_mercury.htm
August 6th, 2020 at 3:25am