Hi Jose, Try looking up Hypochoeris radicata and Crepis biennis perhaps you have a giant version!Marg from England. The plant that looks almost exactly like a dandelion is wild lettuce. Thanks for your tips! They want you to continue paying for medicine and continue paying for chemicals to destroy the free medicine. Both are aliens to the U.S. and both can be invasive. Just curious on your take of the bitterness of each! However they are unsightly especially since we do have neighbors that keep their lawns at least trim. I let all my wildflowers go nuts…I love looking at them and the colors are beautiful…I have phlox in a variety of colors , wild roses..very small but what a scent,yellow hawkweed,daisies,violets and its only June. I decided not to get rid of them. Monster dandelion, it's taller than me. Another plant after the flowers have finished, May 2013 back garden. The taller of the two bloomed in June and the flowering of the shorter stemmed plant is just now petering out. Scentless chamomile (Matricaria maritima) is another possibility. The stems themselves are thin and quite different from the hollow tubes of a dandelion’s flower stem. Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) bears its flowers on stems ranging 3 to 18 inches tall and blooms at about the same time as dandelions. Looks and sounds like Cat's-ear to me, or Hawk's-beard, but I've NEVER seen them that tall! Neka according to John Kallas, PhD. The plant is native to Europe, Asia and Africa. It's called wild lettus, in was used as a pain reliever similar to Morphin with the same properties. It started out like a dandelion, same shape leaves, same yellow flowers and puff balls, but the thing grew tall and fast. Mint. Contrary to popular belief, this is a beneficial plant to have. Thanks for your input on these yellow flowering yard weeds. Leaves clasp the stem with a heart-shaped base and taper to tip. When my tomatoes come in, I am definitely taking a shot at making my own, though I am not certain I will succeed with the sun drying process. Taken 20jul08, this photo shows the limited branching of the Cat’s-Ears stem that rises up from the rosette of leaves. I thought it was a dandelion too as it has the thick hollow stems and yellow flowers thought the petals don't protrude as much as the dandelion. Prickly lettuce, aka milk thistle. Ironically, they are slightly smaller than the normal dandelion flowers. Photo, taken 26jul08, from Juniata County, Pennsylvania. For thousands of years this weeds have been used for medicinal purpose and if you check the products you purchase today you will find they contain all this weeds. ), also known as pennywort, is a warm-season perennial weed.It gets the common name, dollarweed, from its silver- dollar-shaped leaves. Flowering of the two plants was separated in time by a few weeks. Add your voice! 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I am from Minnesota and we call it a sow thistle. https://hoosierhomemade.com/7-common-weeds-with-identification-pictures It is notorious for causing intense seasonal allergy symptoms among sufferers. In the book “Edible Wild Plants” He discribes the plant, includes photos, and has recipies. If the sun drying process doesn’t work, you could roast the tomatoes in the oven. I bought my sun dried tomato butter from a local supermarket for a recipe I had used previously. Dandelion seeds are like parachutes that fly away in the wind—they're the plants that you would blow on and "make a wish" when you were younger. Their bright yellow flowers … Here is its flower head...... which, in isolation, looks like a dandelion flower head. … Hawkweed appears in great mats of a few dozen plants, while the cat’s ears appears in small clumps of a handful of individual plants. If you just let them grow you’ll probably soon have more than enough. Click below to answer. The giant ragweed is an annual most commonly found in the American Midwest, mostly on roadsides and wastelands. Common Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) Not a dandelion. I actually mow around the volunteer plants that look interesting or seem like they’ll flower. Cresses is the wild plant's name....growing all over pastures in OH right now. Perennial member of the grass family 9-30 ft tall, growing in many-stemmed, cane-like clumps. With basal leaves that form a rosette on the ground, dandelions have yellow flowers that open during … Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day. NOW I know what I am looking for! Right now we have a great wild bouquet of hawkweed in the backyard. The thing these self-seeders that turn into weeds seem to have in common is their ability to root anywhere. I let both of these go to seed….. the goldfinches LOVE them and descend on our yard in large flocks. If you finish mowing and it smells like you’ve been making pasta sauce, there’s a good chance you have some wild onion and/or wild garlic hiding in your lawn. by mid summer, the plant was 5 feet tall and had a thigh hollow (hairy too, I think) stalk. Dandelions (Leontodon taraxacum) Dandelions are a harbinger of spring. Considered invasive and bad … Close-up side view of a grouping of flowering Field Hawkweed, taken last year (02jun07). I’m not too sure that you should eat either the cat’s ears or the hawkweed. These are EDIBLE!!! These two and “true” dandelion have similar yellow blossoms composed of many tiny individual flower units which appear as one flower, a distinguishing feature of the family Asteraceae.Blossoms are a composite of many individual flowers and therefore, Compositae is another name for this family. We don’t take a lot of pains to keep a manicured lawn, not even in the front of the house. Looking down on this flower you might think it’s a dandelion, but on closer inspection the tall stem and the thick, hairy leaves tell you it’s not a dandelion. Yesterday I ate 3 wild strawberries, so yeah! ... My plant got over 5' tall. Cat’s Ear has similar medicinal properties as dandelion but it is not as bitter as dandelion which is to say not as potent medicinally. Dandelion. From a side view the stems obviously come up from a single point. If it has a milky sap like a dandelion I'm almost sure of it. They are all rosettes, all have serrated leaves to some extent, and all will send up a central flower stalk; dandelions send up several. How? Since we’ve been letting these go to seed there are more of them in the yard and more color. Typically if the crown is cut off a new plant will grow. It is surely prickly lettuce scientifically known as Lactuca serriola of family Asteraceae. Usually the plant grows very close to the ground, making it hard to clean the dirt off of the leaves. Strong as a drug of some kind that is abused. Distinguishing features: The plant is 4 to 12 inches tall having squared green-stem (often becoming purplish in later stage) and reddish purple to pink flowers. There are many types of weeds. Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) Quackgrass is a creeping, persistent perennial grass that reproduces … Flowers grow close to ground and are large, round and yellow, and have white puffy seed heads after blooming. Shorter stem with 2-5 branches each having a single flower. I’ve heard that the catsear is edible and should be cultivated the same way as the dandelion. I suffer no ill effects, but not everyone can eat everything. Identified as Field Hawkweed or King Devil, Hieracium pratense, an alien. Giant ragweed is the tallest of the native North American weeds. I noticed as well first year they started growing never seen before, but they're everywhere in richmond, california. Hey Jim! The one wild rose is a mottled red and white with simple leaves – something that you’d never see offered in a garden store. Find this Pin and more on Plants & Gardensby Paula Hettman. Some types of weeds can be spotted and identified with just a quick glance over your property. Thanks for chiming in and enjoy your color! Easy control is either manual selection with hand removal or painting a general-purpose non-selective herbicide like a Glyphosate base product. Prickly Sow-thistle. Did you remove the bracts of the cat’s ears buds before stir frying? Untoothed, linear leaves are hairy on both sides. Recommended to you based on your activity and what's popular • Feedback Thanks so much for identifying it! I will try and see if I can locate the name of this plant life. The plant with the milky substance is milkweed, it's the only plant the monarch butterfly has as its good source. Hey Keith, They develop a really rich or deep flavor that is similar to sun-dried. It looks like prickly lettuce very hard to get rid of. www.weedalert.com/weeds-by-region.php?WEED_ID=57, Is this a dandelion too! I wouldn't let it go to seed asyou will have it all over and will never get rid of it. Cat’s ear (Hypochoeris radicata) looks, on first glance, very much like the dandelion — especially when you see an area full of the plants. Annual, with shallow roots, so easily removed. Only place I can remotely imagine a dandelion growing that tall would be in the rain forest regions and nobody has ever shown one that large. You can find sellers of the seeds on Amazon, Ebay and Etsy. A horticulturalist said it is American Fireweed. is probably the best known weed around. Taken last year (02jun07) this photo shows four large mats of flowering Field Hawkweed. This is considered a weed in my area. Joe-pye weed and boneset are late-summer bloomers that produce a purplish flower head. Dandelion … Thanks for chiming in! Oops, sorry. Photo, taken 26jul08, looking down on a dandelion-like, yellow flowering weed. It even helps me sleep. I can’t wait to see what else pops up during the summer and into fall. A few scales are scattered on an otherwise smooth stem. Ricinus (Ricinus communis), also known as the castor bean or castor oil plant, is a fast … I definitely will be looking for the cat’s ears before they bloom to sample them. It can grow up to 7 feet tall and, when you snap a stem, exudes a milky white substance. Goldenrod has yellow flowers that are quite pretty, but the plant grows densely in fields and causes hay fever among allergy sufferers. It is about 1/2 as bitter as dandelion. I am assuming you know what a dandelion looks like. But some have reached a height of almost 2-3 ft (or more) and produce a milky sap when cut. They are talking about wild lettuce which has an opium type latex. Let’s look more closely at this plant. 1. It also is available as smooth Sow-thistle (an Irish plant) This is EDIBLE and can be used for humans and as green foraging plants for ducks! At Lawn Addicts, we specialise in weed identification and can help recommend the best herbicides and lawn care products for warm and cool season grass weeds.. Leaves are lobed, but in a such a way that each leaf looks unique, and very hairy. We have this in BC and most likely it’s common in all the PNW. My daughter in Overland Park, KS, has this in her yard this year for the first time. Please help. The leaves of dollarweed are round, bright green, fleshy and look like miniature lily pads measuring 1-2” in diameter with a scalloped edge. Can't remember the name, opeum maybe if I spelled it right. We use them for our Muscovy Ducks!! And me? It’s a great companion plant for gardening because it’s long taproot brings up nutrients to the shallow-rooting plants in the garden adding minerals and nitrogen to the soil. I recently noticed what could be cat’s ear or hawkweed growning. It sounds like I need to call my local agricultural experts. Here is a guide to the most common garden weeds. This 'weed' is a volunteer and grows in unexpected places. Many buds can be gathered and eaten like asparagus. Bindii. Ive noticed the same thing here in VT all of the sudden they are almost 6 foot tall ones. Better safe! The stem and bracts have hairs as well, black ones at that. I have similar growing I my garden, it's about 5 foot tall. Several of the flowers you mentioned we’ve enjoyed this spring too. WildeHerb is a collection of wild herb and wildflower sightings. Most be the Mandela effect or a cross breed from some other plant. The goldfinches appear here in numbers when the purple coneflowers are going to seed. Flowering during the first week of June the Field Hawkweed stands about 2 feet tall, as seen from across the backyard on 07jun08. Lisa, Dandelion bracts are bitter so I was curious if these were too. Tonight I made a lovely stir fry featuring cats ear buds and blossoms(since the leaves are now too tough and stringy), asian dayflower shoots, nasturtium leaves, basil, calamint, and beef, finished with sundried tomato butter. The Field Hawkweed is in full bloom today as it’s nice and sunny. Looks like a cross between a dandelion and a thistle, with thick hollow stems and large prickly leaves. The goldenrod family has as many as 125 species, according to the book “Weeds,” with most plants growing in North America. I guess they were telling us that these things were ok to eat. Not only does this plant look a bit like weed, it is a literal weed. Stems reach up to 16 inches, but some stems may be half that tall. Both of these plants have rather thick and fuzzy, or hairy, leaves arranged in a basal rosette. Don't rub your eye, it will burn. It has opium like qualities and was used as a painkiller in the Civil War. The sundried tomato butter sounds like a great topper. I always use dandelion as medicine. A lush, leafy plant, growing to two feet or more, with a cluster of 1" pale dandelion-like flowers at the top. I have eaten both. Not sure about the hawkweed though. I found that in my yard, the dandelion look-alikes are taking over the lawn. I just left the bracts on the cats ears, and a bit of stem on a few too. Oh, I forgot to mention the bees, moths, butterflies and spiders which all love them, too. Dollarweed (Hydrocotyle spp. It has opium like qualities and was used as a painkiller in the Civil War. The stem is hollow and could never stand upright if that tall. A fancy term is wild flower. Dandelion (Taraxacum) perennial. Field hawkweed leaves are quite hairy and the hairs are very noticeable. Look up how to turn it in to a salve. They get mowed down when the flowering seems about over. Latin name: Jatropha mutifida. Cats ears and dandelion are plentiful here in South Carolina. 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