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Erechtites hieraciifolius |
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| Common name |
pilewort; American fireweed |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
white |
All of a sudden this year, lots of plants like the one shown in the photo here are shooting up in our garden. They are fast-growing, with plump stems, and they pull up easily. Their leaves have irregularly jagged margins. According to the friendly folks at GardenWeb's Name-That-Plant gallery, it's pilewort. The real proof would be in the flowers, but I haven't let these weeds grow to flowering stage (the second photo above got close, though). So the ID is tentative.
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| mieke | Aug 20, 2020 | you should know it is hugely popular with pollinators, particularly native bees.
I'm not surprised - many wildflowers (and weeds) are. But they do have to be well-behaved to earn themselves a spot in my garden :-) |
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