Thanks, Jim.

I looked at a couple of pics of a JA plant at
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictu...-tuberosus.htm
and
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictu...uberosus-1.htm
.. The plants pictured look much healthier than the one my friend Rod
brought over, but the general characteristics look like a good match.
However, I'm surprised that he didn't run into some tubers when he dug it
up.

Thanks!
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"Jim Shaffer, Jr." wrote in message
...
On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 20:17:55 GMT, "Douglas Bolt"

wrote:

This morning a friend brought a pot containing a sunflower-looking plant
and
asked for help with identification. I wasn't able to offer much help.
It
looks like some sort of a sunflower, but the flower is much lighter
yellow
than any sunflower I've ever seen. Five pics of the plant and flower can
be
viewed at http://www.boltassociates.com/PlantID/. The plant is growing
in
Maryland, USA. It is 2 - 3 ft tall.

It's been a while since I've seen one, but it kind of looks like a
Jerusalem
Artichoke.