Never seen this before but it has sprung up all around my archery target. The tips are cottony like dandelion blossoms. Looks like they'd make good wind detectors if stuffed in a film canister. What is it?
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Looks like a Milkweed.
Can't see the pic
I thought milkweed had smooth leaf edges and I the seed pods are missing.
Not milk weed......but I have never seen it before.
can you take a few close-ups of the leaves, leaf arrangement, and flowers/blooms and is the stem round, square, or triangular in cross section
I call them Santa Clause plant because of all the fuzz that blows off of them this time of the year. It is a common weed here and grows in waste areas and along edged. I don't think it has any value.
I don't know the common name or botanical name.
sow thistle ?
Smooth sow thistle-can"t see the leaves very well-may be Prickly sow thistle-Hap
Can't tell from the pic but I would say one thistle or another. Perhaps a nettle also.
Jake
Not sure what it is but we have them in Michigan. They grow in disturbed soil fairly quickly.
Pilewort
I would guess it's in the thistle family.
God bless,Mudd
Grab all the little fuzzy seeds and use them for wind checkers.
Use them for wind checkers AFTER you remove the seed from the fuzz!
Yes the fluffy things with the seed is how it transplants itself. Don't use them with the seed attached or you will be planting weeds everywhere.Milk weed does that too but is fairly easy to remove the seed.
QuoteOriginally posted by Miner49er:
Looks like a Milkweed.
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I agree with Ron W., " not milk weed "
You may have discovered a new species. If you did it is customary to name it after the person who discovered it. So I guess we can call it "Old Dog".
looks like Sow thistle (for sure a thistle) Did it have yellow or purple flowers? yellow them for sure sow, if purple could be some others.
If it is the plant I'm thinking it has fleshy leaves and stem and has a distinct odor when you crush the leaves. I don't think it's a thistle.
Looks like a thistle. You could call your local Dept of Agriculture or send them a picture. A surprising number of plants are invasive and poisonous to animals. The fact that is coming up around your area is not good. Would not scatter the seed pods until you find out.
http://www.invasive.org/species/list.cfm?id=21
Honestly guys the name of the plant is pilewort. Google it and see.