Does anyone know what this plant is?
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Kathy Ruth
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This is growing ALL over the yard of the house we recently bought. Anyone know what it is?
12 answers
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looks like mustard or turnip greens. take a leaf to nearest center. if that is it, they are very good in soups, beans, eaten like spinach and it is limitless
Yvette Jackson
on Apr 28, 2015
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Definitely a weed. I have them too. don't know the name. I just tried to pull a few big ones. they are firmly rooted and have hollow stem with some milky stuff when they break...
MaryAnn B
on Apr 28, 2015
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weed
Tina King
on Apr 28, 2015
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it could be sorrel (it will taste lemony)
Kerrie
on Apr 28, 2015
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see if it blooms. I think it is a wild violet.
Wanda.ll
on Apr 29, 2015
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It looks a lot like Ajuca, which it may be if it blooms with Dk blue spires in the spring.
EL Hoard
on Apr 29, 2015
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Do not taste it if you don't know what it is!! If you can wait until it blooms, that will help you identify. Can you take a sample to your local extension agent?
Laura Williams
on Apr 29, 2015
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@Laura Williams I never taste without knowing what a plant is! I harvest my dandelion greens and blossoms and also the cleavers herb that grows wild. I am learning about all the plants in my yard but this one looks like a number of different ones. I will wait until it blooms--I'm HOPING for something edible or medicinal).
Kathy Ruth
on Apr 29, 2015
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Ok thank you for the update
Tina King
on Apr 29, 2015
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This looks like a variety of a plant called Creeping Charlie. I have it all over my back yard and it is extremely hard to get rid of. When crushed it has a fairly strong scent not really unpleasant but herb like.
Barbara White Gallagher
on Apr 29, 2015
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Some of them are getting pretty tall-around a foot or more-so I don't think they are violets. No blooms yet or even any flower buds. I'll wait because I like the leaves, they're pretty!
Kathy Ruth
on Apr 30, 2015
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Well Ajuca is low growing so probably not that
EL Hoard
on May 01, 2015
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