"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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On Jul 5, 2:32 pm, "Eigenvector" wrote:
I am getting overrun by two weeds this year, well two additional weeds
anyway.

Thing is I never saw them before this year, so I'm wondering where
they came
from (bird droppings??).

At any rate the weeds are reasonably easy to remove, but they are just
so
aggressive

Anway, here are some shots,
First, the garden troll is threatening me for invading his
territoryhttp://photos.imageevent.com/eigenvector/various/websize/P619
0197.JPG

Now, these things appeared last year, utterly out of the blue. Simple
to
pull up, but reproduce like
rabbitshttp://photos.imageevent.com/eigenvector/various/websize/P70502
06.JPGhttp://photos.imageevent.com/eigenvector/various/websize/P7050207.JPG
They have purplish/green leaves and stems and the leaves resemble
pentagons.

Kinda hard to see it. Could it be Scotch Broom?

Chris


Definitely not Scotch Broom, I have that in spades along the back fence.
Scotch Broom is a very woody scrub, which is also almost impossible to
eradicate. This is a single plant, almost 4 foot tall when mature with
that mass of yellow flowers on top. Like I said, the stem is almost
purple.

The absence of visible details makes identification difficult (I can't
even tell whether the yellow bits are flowers or capitula), but the habit
reminds me of some daisies (Lactuca, Mycelis, ...). Probably not one of
those - the flowers/capitula are too large - but perhaps a related genus.


I'll try to get a better shot of it, including the leaves.


So here are more shots, of the body. It's tough to get a good clear shot of
something that is 3 feet long and pencil thin.
Here is the base of the weed
http://photos.imageevent.com/eigenve...e/P7060210.JPG
Here is an attempted total shot of a smaller one
http://photos.imageevent.com/eigenve...e/P7060211.JPG
Here is a shot of an immature one growing where they seem to grow best - in
cracks
http://photos.imageevent.com/eigenve...e/P7060212.JPG

The yellow buds at the ends are flowers. They are small 5 petal flowers
about 1/2" in diameter, the petals are long and thin and arranged in a nice
pentagonal shape. I'm almost inclined to think that these are some kind of
Hawkweed.