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Grows 3 to 5 foot tall. Has burgundy/brown to greenish hairy stems and branches.





Front of leaf.


Back of leaf.


Flower head.


Teensy yellow flowers.
 
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It looks very like some of the European amaranths, but I don't know which one!
 
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I was going to say some sort of goosefoot/cheopodium. It looks really pretty with those flower spikes. Worth finding out what it is because chenopodium/amaranth tend to be good edibles.
 
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Google image search finds it looks very like iva annua (sump weed or marsh elder)

tennessee plants
the online images tend to vary a lot though, and it's not a plant I'm familar with.
 
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