So directly across from my apartment building is an amazing garden. In this garden are dozens of plant species..... some are labeled, some of them I have already identified on my own, and some I am still curious about. Many of the ones I am curious about appear to be likely candidates for dynamic accumulators.... I would certainly love to know if any of them have use in my garden as fertilizers or have useful compounds. And in general, I imagine there are many people out there who would love to use plants as organic, natural, free fertilizers for their MJ gardens, as well as any medicinal and other uses the plants may have. However, it seems like many people have trouble finding comfrey, yarrow, and other common accumulators. Maybe this can be a thread where people can post pictures of whatever weeds are most common in their area, and find out what those weeds are.... in order to find out how they can utilize these plants for their advantage in the garden. You never know..... AW started asking about some weeds he was pulling on his property only to find out he has comfrey growing in a few places. SO! Without further ado.... I have 5 plants I am attempting to identify, but have so far not succeeded lol 1. What struck me about this plant was that the leaves have no petioles, and in fact, the leaves (which are on opposite sides of the stem) actually connect and continue into each other. It was just starting to bloom... looks yellow or white, but no sure. View attachment 139246 View attachment 139247 View attachment 139248 2. View attachment 139249 View attachment 139250 3. Looks similar to stinging nettle, but pretty darn certain it's not..... View attachment 139251 View attachment 139252 4. Great color..... basal rosette leaf pattern View attachment 139253 5. View attachment 139254 View attachment 139255 Thanks everyone! I'll try to help anyone identify plants, if I can.... and I'll post if I figure out what these 5 plants are...
Some good Weed/Plant ID sites I've been using: https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/full/ http://weedid.wisc.edu/weedid.php http://weedid.missouri.edu/
#1 looks very familiar but I can't place it. Got a wider shot of the whole plant? #2 is Echinacia I think. #3 Looks a bit like Gooseneck loosestrife but it is considered a weed and that looks very on purpose. #4 Foam flower or something related #5 No idea.
Thanks Chef! I'll try to get a better picture of #1 tomorrow, and start looking up the leads you gave me. Thanks man
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cool thread dude! i may add a lot to this as so many things are popping up now.. very curious about #3, i have lots of what looks to be the same growing in the yard.. i'll try and snap a pic later.
For some reason it just hit me. I think, #1 is Melampodium. Sent from somewhere over there. No, not there...over THERE.
Update: As the garden has started blooming, ID is becoming easier.... Chefziggy, it appears you were right about the Echinacea! I still am not sure what #1 is.... the flower looks almost like a sunflower..... #5 put out some feathery white flowers..... I know I've seen it before, it's on the tip of my tongue.... will do some more research on it later today.
New plant to ID lol..... it looks exactly like stinging nettle, except its leaf has 3 main lobes, and was scattered among a stinging nettle patch... I think it may be a close relative of stinging nettle... you can see it has the same serrated leaf edge, and hairs all over the stem and leaves....
lol you know... I've never really had a problem with stinging nettle.... I grew up on a farm where it was common, and I definitely touched it sometimes, but it doesn't bother me. So I'm not really the best judge..... the stuff that had the perfect leaf shape and everything and definitely was stinging nettle... i handled it with no gloves and had no problems...
Lol. It seems like a valid question. The only leaf I've seen similar is from the sassafras, but that's def not it.