help ID this plant

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:42 pm

Please help me identify this common weed that grows in nearly every yard in Southern Colorado and probably many other statesâ€¦

I can tell you that it is some sort of milkweed that grows about knee-high. Tank ate some and didnâ€™t suffer any harmful effects, but I have a longer trial planned for it. Just never heard anyone call it by an actual name before.

ripshaw · Post by **ripshaw** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:08 pm

wait til it flowers and then take a pic and it will be easier to identify. i cant find any milkweeds with leaves shaped like that...but there are over 140 varieties and i didnt look that hard lol

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:17 pm

What colour does it flower? I think it might be a weed called l'lady's thumb', or Polygonum persicaria. The page I found the name on says it is related to the buckwheat family. It grows here, too, in southweat Ontario.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:53 pm

If it flowers, the blossoms are insignificant. I guess it must flower to get those little seed pods (tiny green balls on top of plant). It definitely isn't like the photo you posted.

NaRnAR · Post by **NaRnAR** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:29 pm

Hmmmm no idea Jedi, Im sure I have seen them up here but I dont know what they are called...

Christa · Post by **Christa** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:08 am

It sort of looks like poison ivy but is a darker green. Which reminds me, Jedi Sena if you don't have this book I highly recommend it:

Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants

Of course you probably do already but if not I thought I'd mention it.

I love that book and reference it often when trying to find out what's what around here in Massachusetts. You'd probably need a more western version tho.

I'll look thru my book and see if I can find it.

hc!
Christa

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:27 pm

I always go to my local university extension office for stuff like thatâ€¦Colorado State offers oneâ€¦ http://www.ext.colostate.edu/, not sure if itâ€™s near you.

SunnyKrab · Post by **SunnyKrab** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:52 pm

I will ask around some of my gardening forums and see what I can come up with!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:30 pm

The flower is always significant to identifying a plant species. Take it from a BS in Business Administration (because I took a whole year of Botany as an elective and spent spring mornings keying flowers for credit)!

HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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insignificant flowers