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Plant ID - Carolina Elephantsfoot, Elephantopus carolinianus

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Odd plant that showed up in an odd place...there are two of them.

Might be something that came in with bulk feedstore buckwheat? Or a birds deposit?
I'm watching for flowers.
It's fuzzy, slightly thick leaves and a round stem.

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any open flowers? i’m pretty sure i’ve got of these, too, but haven’t figured out what they are yet. hope someone knows!

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Hound's-tongue - Cynoglossum officinale?
https://csuvth.colostate.edu/poisonous_plants/Plants/Details/37

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that looks really familiar, but it’s not what i’ve got. i’ll have to go looking, i think i remember the flowers on these plants being blue…

Judith Browning

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Thanks Greg and thanks for the suggestion Jeesun!
Something in that family might be it...it does have some familiarity to a borage.

Still waiting on flowers....pretty sure they are buds not seed pods?

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Judith Browning wrote:Thanks Greg and thanks for the suggestion Jeesun!
Something in that family might be it...it does have some familiarity to a borage.

Still waiting on flowers....pretty sure they are buds not seed pods?

borage was going to be my suggestion as it looks similar to mine before the flowers open though I am not sure about the leaves. Too big or too small?

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Judith Browning

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Flowers!
Odd assymetrical, tubular...some in pairs, others three or four opening together.
Five petals...seemed slightly lavender when faded.
No scent to leaves or flowers and still the only plants I've found.

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