Comments on: An Intriguing Mystery for the Plant Detectives

By: Churchill M

Churchill M — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:54:46 +0000

I certainly know them by site! I’m constantly pulling them up all over the place. They come up in the brocolli, squash, tomatoes, roses, daisies! It is definitely not tomatilla, I grow them and there are much smaller and laden with “halloween lamps.” They are called “weeds.”

By: Debbi Minor

Debbi Minor — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:41:49 +0000

I agree with nangy, looks like a caster bean family. my grandmother always grew it to deter moles. But sometimes it has more burgandy colors on the stock.

By: nangy

nangy — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:02:07 +0000

Looks like a mole plant, my mom has them in her garden to deter moles.

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By: Janet Crit

Janet Crit — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:42:25 +0000

I vote for Okra – the stem is squared off and fuzzy, and the leaves have 5 points.

By: Simon (UK)

Simon (UK) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:01:52 +0000

It is a weed! There are millions of them here in England that usually camp out next to railway sidings.

By: Dar

Dar — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:51:11 +0000

I agree with Andrew, it looks like giant ragweed, in Indiana we call it horseweed. Here it usually starts to bloom in mid to late July through the fall. The plants can get huge if left alone. As far as I know there are no uses for it.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:23:15 +0000

It looks like [i]Ambrosia trifida[/i] ‘giant ragweed’ to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia_trifida