Good site for id-ing a thistle
 

Hello!

My Mom has the wildest plant growing her in compost bed! It looks almost
like sow thistle, but not quite right - the leaves are more sharply than
gently lobed and it is over 12 feet tall.

Location - on Cape Cod (MA)

Her local master gardener has no clue.


Cheryl

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Hello!

My Mom has the wildest plant growing her in compost bed! It looks almost
like sow thistle, but not quite right - the leaves are more sharply than
gently lobed and it is over 12 feet tall.

Location - on Cape Cod (MA)

Her local master gardener has no clue.


Cheryl

I hope it isn't a giant hogweed. They have been found growing in W.
Mass. The sap is highly toxic and causes blisters that lead to scarring.

Here's a site with details.
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/LANDS/weeds/hogweed.htm

--Jenny

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On 8/19/05 10:26 AM, in article , "Jenny"
wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Hello!

My Mom has the wildest plant growing her in compost bed! It looks almost
like sow thistle, but not quite right - the leaves are more sharply than
gently lobed and it is over 12 feet tall.

Location - on Cape Cod (MA)

Her local master gardener has no clue.


Cheryl

I hope it isn't a giant hogweed. They have been found growing in W.
Mass. The sap is highly toxic and causes blisters that lead to scarring.

Here's a site with details.
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/LANDS/weeds/hogweed.htm

--Jenny
Nope - flowers are all wrong for a giant hogweed.

C