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Wondering just exactly what this plant is...

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

This plant popped up beside my front door. It's about 6ft tall, and doesn't have any flowers on it as of yet. Can someone please tell me me what this is, I'm in SW Ontario near the Michigan border

Thank you for time, and help!!!

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7 years ago

I'm wondering if its some type of goldenrod? I looked up several & a couple types do have smooth leaves (I included a couple links, compare those and see what you think). One was Solidago odora, info said the leaves smell like anise.

I'm just guessing but its the first thing that popped in my head due to the time of year and the size of the plant, the way the leaf connects to the stem looked different in some of the photos but you could check it out and see if thats what it is. A couple others with smooth leaves were Early Goldenrod & Grass-leaved Goldenrod. Once it blooms, it will probably be easier to ID.

http://mrhyker.tripod.com/floraandfauna/yellowflowers-2.htm

http://www.ontariowildflower.com/goldenrods.htm

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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
7 years ago
Your location might help.
candie1230
Original Author
7 years ago
I said my location... South Western Ontario, near the Michigan border!!! Lol ;)
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
7 years ago
Or it could be a native Aster. Some are nice, some quite weedy.
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7 years ago
One of the later goldenrods, perhaps speciosa. :Showy goldenrod" in some sources.
User
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
peren.all, I thought that too. I looked at some online but couldn't find one that looked like that. I once had some of those weedy tall types. they had much larger lance shaped leaves at the base with smaller, different types of leaves on the branched parts, at first they didn't look like asters because the plants I collect them from had much smaller leaves on top. I got rid of them, in garden soil they were tall and weedy looking, much larger than out in the country.
candie1230
Original Author
7 years ago
Thank you guys so much... I dumped mixed wildflower seeds there in that general location last year and nothing came of it... I'm now thinking it just might be goldenrod... If it flowers I'll be sure to let you know!!! Again, thank you so much!!!
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'S'no problem, Candie. FWIW, goldenrods and asters are very closely-related to each other. And where one grows, so do the others it seems. I've used Solidago speciosa-that's showy goldenrod-in some of my landscape plantings to good effect. Speciosa has got to be one of the latest of all the GRs to bloom.
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7 years ago
Let us know when it blooms. I'd like to see what it turns out to be.

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