I think it is a compass plant.These are the exact leaves I see. I seem
to recall seeing what looked like a sunflower in that corner.
Also called rosinweed and pilot plant. (Silphium laciniatum L.)

http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/compassplant.html

DigitalVinyl wrote:

I was looking at cleaning up this strip of abandoned ground in one
corner... the one with the big poke weed. Amongst them are these ...
well I think giant dandelions. Out of curiosity I went searching for a
type that grows this huge.

They look a lot like dandelions only they are about 2 feet round
plants, and about 18' tall. It is growing a tight cluster of flower
buds on a single stem--about a dozen buds forming. Kind of a
dandelion on steroids. Also the leaves branch out, but they otherwise
look like a giant dandelion.

DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
3rd year gardener
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DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
3rd year gardener
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalf...=/2055&.src=ph