Plant ID

[Echaryn]

Hello, is anyone able to identify these plants and tell if it is safe to feed my Russian tort? I checked online plant IDs and couldn't seem to find anything that matched enough.

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

Possibly bittercress

 

[Maro2Bear]

It kind of has a leaf pattern of a “vetch” - here on the East Coast we have a lot of Crown Vetch. All those little leaflets off the main stem make it look “vetchy”. Any signs of any flowers?

Good luck.....

 

[Echaryn]

It kind of has a leaf pattern of a “vetch” - here on the East Coast we have a lot of Crown Vetch. All those little leaflets off the main stem make it look “vetchy”. Any signs of any flowers?

Good luck.....

No flowers, at least not any that I saw.

 

[Maro2Bear]

You can always yank a plant out and take it to your local garden center. Usually they will have a person or two who knows native weeds & plants.

Take a look at Puncturevine...

https://www.preen.com/weeds/tx

 

[Guts]

I second bittercress, have you ever seen the little pods pop at the end of summer? If so that’s most likely what it is I think

 

[Maro2Bear]

Hhhmmm, our MD bittercress looks different ( I think ).

https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/hairy-bittercress

 

[RosemaryDW]

I think hairy bittercress also. You can’t really see the base leaves, that makes it a bit hard to say.

If you look at this photo you will see the same skinny seed pods up top; the same narrower-looking leaves underneath them; but then down at the bottom a circular “rosette” of leaves with a very different shape. I think you have them but under the dead leaves so we can’t really see them. If you taste the bottom leaves they should be a bit peppery, like arugula.

Safe if your tortoise will eat it.

 

[SJTort]

Have you tried the free app Seek? I use that with my plants.

 

[ErinE]

Whatever it is, it's in the mustard family based on those seed pods.