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Can anyone I.D. this plant that appeared in our woodland garden in central North Carolina?

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The plant produced a rosette of leaves last year, vanished during the winter, and reappeared with a 3-4 foot stem this year. It gets some sun around mid-day but is otherwise shaded by mature deciduous trees. I have no idea whether it is a wildflower or an escaped garden variety.

I suspect it might be a Campanula or something similar, but I can't find anything that matches exactly.

Thanks.

Twobtold · Accepted Answer

Looks loke Campanula rapunculoides

gregpresley · Answer

It looks like campanula rampunculoides to me too. If that is the case,ERADICATE ERADICATE ERADICATE!Its nickname is "cancer of the garden", because it spreads from the tiniestfragment of root when you attempt to pull it up.  The main root is a longwhite root, something like a small parsnip - but it will send out longexploratory fibrous roots in any direction to shoot up another stalk.

Myrmecodia · Answer

Thanks for the information. Most of the photos I found of C. rapunculoides showed leaves with much smaller "teeth" than our plant. Is that a variable trait? If it is C. rapunculoides, I'll certainly try to eradicate it. I wouldn't want it to choke out the Tipularia discolor and Stylophorum diphyllum

Myrmecodia · Answer

I just looked at some more pics of Campanula rapunculoides. They all show a plant with flowers widely spaced on a long terminal inflorescence. My plant has flowers in clusters at the leaf axils along the length of the stem.

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