Can anyone identify this plant? It came up in a germination cell that should have been onions.
I'm thinking epazote, but I've never grown it before.
Looks to me like an Amaranthus (another genus in the same family as epazote).
Una
Just when I was getting used to Bacteria, Archaea, and Eucaryota, someone slipped in a new (no I don't want to know how long that it has been used) phylogenetic tree using clades(!??). When I go to the Wikipedia site for Clades
You're right Una it does look like amaranth. It's about 20 cm tall now. The next 20 cm should tell the story.
Viele Dank.
Some type of pigweed (Amaranthus sp.) and a slightly anemic looking specimen, at that. Pigwweeds can be hard to ID down to species without having the mature inflorescence to look at.
Would appreciate it if anyone could identify these please (the daisy-like plant below the marigolds) and the one with the ruler against it.
Thanks Les
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Aw, give it a break, it's only 4 weeks old and growing like . . . a weed.
the little guy.
When I was loading a tray of germination cells, I found this small (2"X2"), plastic, zip-lock baggie which had no identification. I went back through my seed packets and couldn't find one without seeds to connect the baggie to, so I planted a few seeds and marked the cell with a question mark.
This year, besides gardening, I guess I'll be a plant detective as well. Did the plant come from an old baggie of seeds, or did the cell become contaminated somehow, and which member of the Amaranthaceae gang is it?
"Utricle--a membranous bladderlike sac enclosing an ovary or fruit (seed). The utricle is contained with the tepals, and the seed is enclosed by the utricle. How the utricle fractures (breaks apart) has been the basis for differentiating between common and tall waterhemp." ZZZZZZ
Uh, yeah, sure, right, and I need to keep it away from my beds until I figure out what the little rascale is.
Thanks for the cites, Pat, very interesting, if laborious, reading that you and Una have given me.
As they say in France,
St. Cloud, ball de match (thank you very much)
The leaves are delicious prepared as one would spinach, as are the "native" varieties.
Charlie
The daisy-like one might be Brachycome (Swan River daisy).
And the other may well be some sort of spurge.
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