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Can anyone ID this garden weed?

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Location: New York State, USA
Habit: upright, 150-250 mm tall, mint-like
Stem: fleshy, translucent, somewhat square
Leaves: 20-30 mm long, shiny, toothed
Flowers: just starting to appear in August, clusters in leaf axils, 2
mm long, greenish-white

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In case anyone's curious, I was able to get an ID on this plant:
Pilea pumila, or Canadian clearweed.


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In case anyone's curious, I was able to get an ID on this plant:
Pilea pumila, or Canadian clearweed.

I assumed that it wasn't Urtica dioica, as you would presumably have
noticed the stings, and therefore some North American relative, but I
see that Wikipedia says that Pilea pumila is often mistaken for nettle.

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On Aug 8, 9:04*pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley
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I assumed that it wasn't Urtica dioica, as you would presumably have
noticed the stings, and therefore some North American relative, but I
see that Wikipedia says that Pilea pumila is often mistaken for nettle.


Yes, it's a non-stinging nettle relative. I feel pretty dumb, because
there were nettles growing in the vicinity. But I didn't make the
connection. Oh well, I'm not botanist. :-)


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