Hello,

We moved into this house last October and don't recall seeing anything growing in this location. When it came up in the spring it seemed to be 'purposefully' planted there, off the grass and along the fence, so we let it grow. Now I'm pretty sure it's a weed but before I pull it out I thought I'd check here.

The leaves grow off the stem, and have a fine hair on the top and bottom, the larger leaves are about 4-5 inches long. The stem has coarser hair along it but it's not thorny. There don't appear to be any flower buds forming yet, just more stem and leaves growing from the top.

I'm sure it's some kind of common weed, but thought I'd check here first.

Thanks!

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