What kind of plant is this???
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It's growing like wildfire in my yard and i've never seen it before.
54 answers
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New one on me too!
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Jamie M
on May 01, 2012
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Well, it's an awfully pretty weed if it is one. :)
![Michelle G]()
Michelle G
on May 01, 2012
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looks like phlox...was your yard always like this, or is it a house you bought recently??
![Terri W]()
Terri W
on May 01, 2012
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if it is phlox they spread underground with rhizomes...
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Terri W
on May 01, 2012
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NOT phlox...(due to non-smooth edges) hmmm good luck with that!
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Terri W
on May 01, 2012
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milk weed
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Leighton B
on May 01, 2012
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This could be the weed that tries to take over my herb garden - is it really easy to pluck out of the ground? Because the weeds I have that look like this are easily plucked.
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Shannon S
on May 01, 2012
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If it's growing like wildfire, it's probably a weed or an awfully invasive perennial = boo.
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81591
on May 01, 2012
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I don't know what it is, but if I like the looks of a wild plant I keep it for a while or transplant to another area if it is not where I would like it. Wild native plants require very little in upkeep and care.
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Christiane S
on May 01, 2012
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could it be bachelor buttons?
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Criss N
on May 01, 2012
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Not sure what it's called but has pretty yellow flowers when it blooms....I have some too
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Michelle C
on May 01, 2012
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They look like possibly Sweet William, very pretty late spring flowers
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Pam H
on May 01, 2012
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look like the blue Hybrid bachelor buttons I have some blooming right now in my yard in Iowa
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Kathy B
on May 01, 2012
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If the yellow flower goes with them then I don;t know
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Kathy B
on May 01, 2012
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does it have a smell when you break the leaves?
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Annelise B
on May 01, 2012
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I think that I would thin it out pretty drastically, but keeping a few to see if you like them, if not then you only have a little bit to take out. You can also see what the root stock is, that will help identify the plant
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Laura S
on May 01, 2012
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The purple color inside the one pic suggests wild sage, at least that is what it looks like up here... Take to local AG office and have them tell you then POST IT here . :)
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Vicki W
on May 01, 2012
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I think its an abusive wildflower I love those have them not really a bad but the flowers are terriffic. they sell them at lowes! Purple daisy like considered to be invasive..Keep rocks around them and they cant get out.
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Kay C
on May 01, 2012
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skunk cabbage?
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Missy C
on May 01, 2012
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I think same weed ..I have keeps coming back..part energizer bunny!!!
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Carol S
on May 01, 2012
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frightening, but the 'purple' suggests it might be 'Pokeweed'. I found some that birds must have planted in my yard a couple years ago. Hard to get rid of, but interesting to see. Grows huge!!! (if that is what it is)
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Patricia H
on May 01, 2012
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Take some into Miner's - their garden dept. folks are VERY well versed in all this stuff!
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Bernice J
on May 01, 2012
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sweet william
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Paula H
on May 01, 2012
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I would go with milk weed as well I was so allergic to it as a child and it looks just like it! It will get large green seed pods later in the summer if it is. They will erupt and seeds will blow like beautiful large snow flakes!
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Alicia B
on May 01, 2012
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I would say that is phlox, it will flower in the summer
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Stacy G
on May 01, 2012
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if it is a weed pluck out one of the bunches the smallest and take it to a farmers market there are always the county extension agent at them this time of year they would know. good luck
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Beth O
on May 01, 2012
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It's NOT Bachelor Buttons the leaves are entirely too wide and too closely spaced, it's not sweet William for the same reason. It's NOT Phlox, the entire leaf is too large and again too closely compacted... It almost looks like an asiatic lily, like the stargazer lily but without having something to show the scale of the plant it's hard to say...
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Sharron W
on May 01, 2012
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The purple stem and rough edges tell me its a weed.
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Janice S
on May 01, 2012
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You have two different plants there. The bushy one is a flower.
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Janice S
on May 01, 2012
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It's a weed and it will choke out other plants
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Linda M
on May 01, 2012
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I agree with Sharron W. Not any of those plants. It looks like some kind of Helios (yellow flowers). Fiberous, or tap root? What do they do throughout the year, and kind of seed pods? Remember... a rose in a field of wheat is the "weed"... :) <3 oh,and, I don't know what it is. LOL
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Donna K
on May 01, 2012
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Let one grow to see what it is. If it is a milk weed that i have they are beautiful pink round blooms and smells very fragrant. If it is a phlox they are beautiful flowers as well. Take a leaf to your closest gardener he should know.
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Terri M
on May 01, 2012
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it's a weed! I have it in my yard too.
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Sarah H
on May 01, 2012
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It isn't Bachelor Buttons. I have a large bed where they are growing profusely. The leaves are right. The leaves don't look big enough for milkweed (the food for the monarch butterfly caterpillar).
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Carol Ann G
on May 01, 2012
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Anaphalis, This is a weed. Does it flower?
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Angela Y
on May 01, 2012
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It is a type of Lilly and they are about to bloom in No. Cal
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Tod M
on May 01, 2012
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Mine have Yellow Flowers and I have a few with Orange Flowers.
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Tod M
on May 01, 2012
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The third picture, the one with the purple in the middle, looks like purple coneflower to me except I never had ones with jagged leaves. Could there be some other variety of coneflower that has leaves like that?
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Susan F
on May 01, 2012
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It's a weed, yank it out before it goes to seed
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Tina L
on May 01, 2012
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Centaurea? The blue bachelor buttons type that spreads.
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Liz
on May 01, 2012
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It looks like a Phlox to me too...as I have many in my flower bed and I was the one that put them there. They will take off and get fairly tall too.
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Cheryl K
on May 01, 2012
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Queens Annes Lace. They are a weed but if you let them grow and use them for cut flowers you can put food coloring in the water and the flowers will change to that color.
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Donna R
on May 01, 2012
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looks like swamp daisies/swamp sunflower. if it gets 6 feet tall with yellow blooms in the fall, then that's what it is! i love it, except it can get heavy as it grows and fall over. i've been told that you can cut it to about 3 ft in June to encourage bushiness and more blooms.
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Lindsey C
on May 01, 2012
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Ha! Interesting post! What IS this mysetry Plant, and will she tell us when she finds out???
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Bernice H
on May 01, 2012
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I think that it IS Mexican Sage, but would have to see it in bloom to know for sure. It has tall purple flower, like salvia and is very pretty when planted in a mass grouping witn corepsis or Rudbeckias blooming next to it.
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Dauna O
on May 01, 2012
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bachelor button?
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Sandy R
on May 01, 2012
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Probably a wild flower of some kind...if it's got a square stem it is an invasive plant and most likely a weed. But, it's pretty.
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Renee B
on May 01, 2012
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@Susan F. Coneflower leaves are hairy aren't they? Or am I confused...I haven't had any in several years since I reworked my beds but I thought I remembered them being prickly... @Renee B a square stem is usually identified with plants related to the Mint family and while they CAN be invasive, they can also be controlled and quite useful...
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Sharron W
on May 03, 2012
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i have cone flowers and the leaves do not look like that
![Terri M]()
Terri M
on May 04, 2012
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Well thanks everyone .... lots to think about ... I'll figure it out and let you know.
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Donna Marie P
on May 06, 2012
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It is a weed.
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Jill Thurow
on Mar 23, 2015
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I love all these answers, but have one comment. There is no such thing as a "weed". As a horticulture major in college I learned that the definition of a weed is simply "a plant out of place". A daisy in the middle of a rose garden is therefore a weed, for example. So whatever the plant is (and I agree that it would help tremendously to see the flower it produces), it is only a weed if you decide it doesn't belong there.
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Leslieb127
on May 09, 2015
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I remember my dad (who was a bit critical when it came to me, only child) commented on a plant I bought that I loved. it was a coleus and I thought the reds and greens were very striking. When I proudly showed him this colorful and slightly fuzzy plant he said, " you know that's a weed, right?" and that was over 20 years ago. I thought to myself, but I like it, so to me it isn't a weed!!! That stuck with me, and even a rose is a weed. In fact, every single plant we have are weeds. We just like them placed here and there....so pphhtttt on "that's a weed". If I like it, it's a gorgeous planned garden.
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Christina Dorrego
on Jun 13, 2015
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The definition of a weed is a plant you don't want.
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JRS
on Aug 03, 2016
Jamie M
on May 01, 2012
Michelle G
on May 01, 2012
Terri W
on May 01, 2012
Leighton B
on May 01, 2012
Shannon S
on May 01, 2012
81591
on May 01, 2012
Christiane S
on May 01, 2012
Criss N
on May 01, 2012
Michelle C
on May 01, 2012
Pam H
on May 01, 2012
Kathy B
on May 01, 2012
Annelise B
on May 01, 2012
Laura S
on May 01, 2012
Vicki W
on May 01, 2012
Kay C
on May 01, 2012
Missy C
on May 01, 2012
Carol S
on May 01, 2012
Patricia H
on May 01, 2012
Bernice J
on May 01, 2012
Paula H
on May 01, 2012
Alicia B
on May 01, 2012
Stacy G
on May 01, 2012
Beth O
on May 01, 2012
Donna K
on May 01, 2012
Terri M
on May 01, 2012
Sarah H
on May 01, 2012
Carol Ann G
on May 01, 2012
Angela Y
on May 01, 2012
Tod M
on May 01, 2012
Susan F
on May 01, 2012
Tina L
on May 01, 2012
Liz
on May 01, 2012
Cheryl K
on May 01, 2012
Donna R
on May 01, 2012
Lindsey C
on May 01, 2012
Bernice H
on May 01, 2012
Dauna O
on May 01, 2012
Sandy R
on May 01, 2012
Renee B
on May 01, 2012
Donna Marie P
on May 06, 2012
Jill Thurow
on Mar 23, 2015
Leslieb127
on May 09, 2015
Christina Dorrego
on Jun 13, 2015
JRS
on Aug 03, 2016
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