need help w ID

10 years ago

Hello all! any ideas. this is in a shady location zone 6/7 (mainland - ny state). living happily among the walnut trees.

thank you

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Embothrium
10 years ago
Carrot family, similar to parsley.
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RugbyHukr
10 years ago
Torilis japonica?

Here is a link that might be useful: Torilis japonica
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Sorry it took me so long to reply. The plant is indeed P. lutea as near as I can tell. There are apparently several plants growing in an area and they all come up with the silvery color at first, then as they get older all the new leaves they put out are more green. I still haven't seen any fruit set yet, though. Now a question...The owner of the property said I could take as many of them as I want to dig up. He occasionally goes through the area with a weed whacker and RoundUp, so I figure I might as well take them since they might get killed any day, and they're not exactly in a natural area or wildlife friendly area anyway. I've tried to move 6 of the approximately 30 small vines that I found coming up (there are also huge ones, but I haven't tried to move those since I figured they'd be a lot more difficult), but most of the small ones are proving to have very long, thin, and easily breakable runners with few roots just below the soil surface. I've tried to follow the runners as far as I can, but the soil is difficult to dig and most of the runners end up going under black cloth that's buried around the area or under huge, decades old camellia bushes (in other words, I can't follow the runners past those points). I did find a couple of seedlings, and I managed to successfully move one of those. It's in a pot and it's not happy, but it's alive. One of the pieces of runner that I dug up seems to be trying to send out a shoot and a few meager roots, too, but all the other pieces died, and so did the other seedling I moved. Does anybody have ideas about how I can improve my transplanting success with these vines? I'd like to get some more of them if I can figure out a way to get better transplanting success.
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No pic. Kevin
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greenthumb_5
10 years ago
Its probably Queen Anne's Lace or if you crush a leaf and it smells like grass it is a Queen Anne's Lace or carrot but if it smells like sweet grass with a little spice its parsley but if it has a complete smell like a herb it is cilantro. Just saying.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
10 years ago
love your GW name .. lol ...

looks like queen anne to me ... crushed leaf smells like carrot...

to my recollection.. the indians called it the white carrot.. and used it as such ...

though a pretty flower .... if you let it go to seed.. you will spend a life time enjoying them ... deadhead them if you insist on leaving it ...

ken
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offplumb
Original Author
10 years ago
i thought "carrot" too, but wasnt sure.
when it flowers, i'll decide if it'll stay or go.

do NOT need another nasty like QA's lace! If that's what this turns out to be, it'll be gone!

thank you ALL for the input.

p.s. the moniker fits ; )
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Iris GW
10 years ago
The habit of the stems doesn't seem right for Queen Anne's lace.
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morz8 - Washington Coast
10 years ago
Myrrhis (Cecily) - ?

Great lady bug attractant if it is, I had a clump at my former house that I didn't move or bring with me here. Does a crushed leaf smell like licorice?
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TulsaRose
10 years ago
I'll toss in one more to consider...Dicentra eximia, Wild Bleeding Heart.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dicentra eximia
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flora_uk
10 years ago
The stems preclude Dicentra. Definitely an Umbelifer.
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jeanne
10 years ago
Compare your plant to Oenanthe sarmentosa. You're in the wrong geographical area but you never know, I found a Texas weed in my Ohio garden one spring.
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trilliumsareme
10 years ago
Could it be Angelica???
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offplumb
Original Author
10 years ago
I rubbed the leaves and do NOT notice a strong scent (anise/cilantro). I am assuming this hasn't flowered yet - there was no evidence of faded flowers.

I am also assuming it'll be easier to identify once it has flowered.

I'll try to post back if the deer leave anything to photograph.
-thank you all for the suggestions
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
10 years ago
I rubbed the leaves and do NOT notice a strong scent

==>> then it is not my queen annes lace ... period

ken
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