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(vanity) Would some FReeper please help identify this $%^&^ing weed?
Marty's backyard | 6/18/11 | ol' marty

Posted on 06/18/2011 1:12:06 PM PDT by martin_fierro

Would some garden-savvy FReeper please help identify this kind of weed:

Its kind overtake my backyard every Spring. If left to grow long enough they can get pretty large/bushy.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Gardening; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: frenchbroom; genistamonspessulana; mysteryweed; uruguayanbotany; weedbgonmax
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To: martin_fierro

You could get an interesting hybrid.


41 posted on 06/18/2011 1:56:10 PM PDT by Tax-chick (One step ahead of the jailer.)
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To: Gargantua

Cool I didn’t know that. I’ll have to look next time.


42 posted on 06/18/2011 1:57:15 PM PDT by MsLady (Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
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To: martin_fierro; mikrofon
It's all weed-weed up.

Weed it and reap.

43 posted on 06/18/2011 1:59:29 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Weed it and reap.)
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To: smokingfrog

They use goats and sheep on Missionary Ridge

Yeah where the battle was...

:)


44 posted on 06/18/2011 2:00:45 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (in such a hurry...)
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To: martin_fierro

I don’t know what that weed is, but your fence is over the property line. Be nice to your neighbor- you’ll need his permission to sell your house.


45 posted on 06/18/2011 2:16:10 PM PDT by Krankor (Her voice was soft and cool, her eyes were clear and bright . But she's not there)
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To: martin_fierro

Jim Stafford - Wildwood Weed lol.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyY-6oh0Ow8


46 posted on 06/18/2011 2:18:51 PM PDT by Lees Swrd ("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
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To: martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson
If left to grow long enough they can get pretty large/bushy

BUSHY'S FAULT!

47 posted on 06/18/2011 2:23:01 PM PDT by mikrofon (Weed find out eventually...)
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To: Timmy

Not milkweed. Milkweed has much longer leaves.


48 posted on 06/18/2011 2:23:01 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: martin_fierro

Would you happen to have a nursery nearby or a horticulturist? If so, just take a clipping to them to identify.


49 posted on 06/18/2011 2:56:19 PM PDT by mupcat
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To: martin_fierro

Dental floss bush?


50 posted on 06/18/2011 2:59:08 PM PDT by csvset
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To: martin_fierro
For how long have you been suffering from that stiffness in your left wrist?

Regards,

51 posted on 06/18/2011 2:59:51 PM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: martin_fierro

It may be a member of the clover family, some grow fairly tall. It sort of looks like Yellow Sweet Clover which is common her in NM, but that is a member of the bean family. It is also found in CA except the desert.

A botanist or knowledgeable garden center person should be able to help, that three leaf structure is a sure tipoff to someone familiar with local invasive plants.


52 posted on 06/18/2011 3:01:08 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: martin_fierro

Looks like a sugar plant.


53 posted on 06/18/2011 3:03:05 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: martin_fierro
there is a site called www.hometalk.com where you can post pics of stuff like this and a lot of local professionals etc.... will answer you back pretty quickly. i use it quite a bit to get an opinion or 2 before i attempt to do something around the house/ it's always been free as far as i know.
54 posted on 06/18/2011 3:07:20 PM PDT by Jaysin
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To: martin_fierro

I’d shoot it. It looks like it’s sprouting some sort of human-looking hand.


55 posted on 06/18/2011 3:18:36 PM PDT by Miss Behave ("It's not going to happen." ~Bibi The Badass)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Oh Yeah..........


56 posted on 06/18/2011 3:38:18 PM PDT by weeweed (Proud Costco University graduate)
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To: MsLady
Select "Images" in Google and then Google "monarch chrysalis"

The dern coccoon is more stunningly beautiful than the flippin butterfly. I used to collect them as a kid and watch them open in my bedroom.

The newly-hatched butterflies crawl out all wet and wobbly and kinda stuck together--looking like a shiny, black miniature horror monster. Then you have to place them in direct sunlight (they won't hatch if the day is overcast or rainy!).

They hang feebly on the empty chrysalis-husk and they slowly start to move their wings. As the wings dry and expand, the motions become faster and more well-coordinated, speeding up and speeding up until...

... it just flies away.

Truly a religious experience. One of many from my youth.

80)

57 posted on 06/18/2011 4:16:06 PM PDT by Gargantua ("Palin 2012 ~ Going Oval" ©2010 by Gargantua)
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To: martin_fierro

Does it look some of the following photos?

http://www.google.com/search?q=milkweed&hl=en&biw=1192&bih=530&prmd=ivnsb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=hS_9Tc73B-fY0QHznoWzAw&sqi=2&ved=0CEAQsAQ


58 posted on 06/18/2011 4:22:43 PM PDT by deport
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To: TangoLimaSierra

I have the same watch, it’s the only watch I’ve owned that can survive life on the farm.


59 posted on 06/18/2011 4:27:04 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: martin_fierro

60 posted on 06/18/2011 4:37:21 PM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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