Euphorbia lathyris, the so called "Gopher Plant" has paired leaves,
distinctly 4 ranked, the whole plant is glaucous and looks nothing like what
Dan describes.

Even though Euphorbia is a very large genus, none of the native ones or
introduced weedy ones could even remotely be described as looking like a
palm tree.


JPittman wrote in message
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Could be a Euphorbia - like gopher plant.

Dan Stanley wrote:
Hi,

I live in Northern Virginia's Shenandoah Valley (zone six I believe) and
I
saw some very attractive plants that looked like they should have been
in a
pot by the side of the road today.

They were from one to two feet tall and had thick, soft, red stems. The
leaves all came out of the single stalk and looked like the top of a
palm
tree except they continued down the stalk a ways. The leaves were long -
maybe six inches - and thin - about 3/4 inch - dark, leathery green with
white veins.

We have had a couple of good frosts so most plants are down for the
winter
but these looked very comfortable growing out of the grass. There were
several of them growing side by side.

I looked around a little for a picture of something similar but didn't
have
any luck. Any guidance you might give me would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Dan