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09/15/09, 03:10 PM
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Weed identification
Does anyone have any idea what this is? It is absolutely taking over my pasture and my goats won't touch it.
I have more pics if needed.
Thank you!
Beth
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09/15/09, 04:06 PM
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Need to know what part of the country you are in. Looks to me like some kind of nettle, though.
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09/15/09, 04:10 PM
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Don't know what it is, sorry. But those flower spikes dry very pretty and look nice in fall bouquets.
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09/15/09, 04:57 PM
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I am in middle Tennessee.
I have spent hours and hours trying to find out what it is by googling weeds and can't find anything that matches it.
Some of them are 3 - 4 feet tall.
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09/15/09, 05:13 PM
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Family Jersey Dairy
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Try your county extension agent if you still have one your Elevator my be your next step cause they spray the heck out of them I bet. Thanks Marc
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09/15/09, 05:14 PM
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I agree that it is some sort of nettle if I am seeing correctly and it has a square stem. Do the leaves smell minty at all? It could also be something from the mint family.
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09/15/09, 05:28 PM
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Could they be some sort of wild coleus (if there is such a thing)?
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09/15/09, 05:38 PM
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Looks like Mint family to me...the catnip I grow has the same flower spikes only white. Square stems is a pretty good tell, doesn't look like any nettle I have ever seen.
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09/15/09, 05:39 PM
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Perilla mint!
http://www.aragriculture.org/weeds/s...d_ID_color.pdf
...and several sites say that it is very toxic to livestock.
Last edited by mammabooh; 09/15/09 at 05:43 PM.
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09/15/09, 06:22 PM
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You guys ROCK!
I have been searching for weeks trying to identify it.
Well, it is growing all over the place. I've probably got enough to fully cover an acre. Not good. Guess I'll be doing a lot of pulling over the next few weeks.
Beth
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09/15/09, 06:26 PM
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Thanks for the ID,I have this plant in my yard,got it from a friend years ago.Mine has a purple leaf grows about 2 1/2 ft tall,comes up like weeds.Several folks have asked for plants.
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09/15/09, 07:27 PM
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Around here they call it "False Nettle". Our goats wont eat it either.
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09/15/09, 08:59 PM
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Mammabooh, thank you for sharing this link!
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09/15/09, 09:14 PM
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..where do YOU look?
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well, if goats won't eat it it's almost certainly from the 7th circle of hell.
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09/15/09, 11:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WindowOrMirror
well, if goats won't eat it it's almost certainly from the 7th circle of hell.
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Bwahahaha!
Thank you SO MUCH, WoM! I needed that laugh!
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09/16/09, 07:04 AM
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Metal melter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ravenlost
Mammabooh, thank you for sharing this link!
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You're welcome! I just happened upon it. I typed "purple square stem weed identification picture" into Google and that site came up.
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