WHAT IS THIS?

[DeanS]

Anybody? First time it's shown up in my yard!

 

[onarock]

How big is that plant. Has it been there a while? If its a seedling, there are soooo many plants that take on the broad, spade, heart leaf look untill the plant starts to mature. Have you ever seen it produce a flower?

 

[DeanS]

six inch stems...leaf is about 2 inches across...only showed up in the last day or two.

 

[onarock]

Dean, here is where I go if I'm looking for weeds even though I live in Hawaii.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/weeds_intro.html

Maybe this will help or maybe youve been there and it didnt.

 

[John]

looks like wild raddish but hargd too tell

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Dean, here is where I go if I'm looking for weeds even though I live in Hawaii.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/weeds_intro.html

Maybe this will help or maybe youve been there and it didnt.

hey onarock excellent site link wonder if theres one out there for the east coast

 

[Yvonne G]

Take a look at "sow thistle" or "chickory" in a Google image search and see if either of them match your plant. I have a suspicion its sow thistle.

 

[Tom]

Looks like sowthistle to me too. All the rain is just making it look healthy and green. We aren't used to that here.

 

[Neal]

That looks like Tortoise Snack to me!

 

[stells]

Smooth Sowthistle... Sonchus oleraceus... Edible

 

[DeanS]

I was leaning towards sow thistle...as Tom and Yvonne did, as well! But when Kelly said "smooth sow thistle"...that confirmed it! Thanks All!

 

[Laura]

If that plant ID link isnt in a prominent spot.. it should be!! awsome site!

 

[tobibaby]

tobi loves those. i hope its ok for them cuz he eats them like crazy when i let him out

 

[DeanS]

Smooth Sowthistle... Sonchus oleraceus... Edible

Smooth sow thistle has numerous paired parts - see here http://visualsunlimited.photoshelter.com/image/I00000TpmztzXsms , and the picture of this one - only one, and way smoother.

Yeah! But if you google smooth sow thistle...the first image matches perfectly!