Please help i.d. this plant

6 years ago

I thought these roots were the source of a vine, but after I cleared the vines out I noticed these shoots coming directly from them. I know they're small and should be given a little more time to grow, but I'm anxious to know what these are. If anyone has any idea, please chime in :)

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK

6 years ago

Where in the world is it growing?

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Jay 6a Chicago
6 years ago
Too soon to tell. Submit again when more identifiable leaf formation is present.
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NHBabs z4b-5a NH
6 years ago
They could be a vine still. Some vines send up suckers from roots.
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Jay 6a Chicago
6 years ago
Yes maybe a vine Babs.Seems like something fast growing. I find the stem interesting.Reminds me of bamboo.
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mek0115
Original Author
6 years ago
It's growing in my backyard. I live in central Florida. I pulled all the vines out and one part of the vine that was pulled was attached to what looked like a small potato.
Jay 6a Chicago
6 years ago
Sure looks like emerging bamboo culms.What are those knobby root like things in the soil next to the plant?Are they connected to the plant? What climate zone is it in? A fence separating neighbors won't stop bamboo from running.
Smivies (Ontario - 5b)
6 years ago
Ginger of some sort...
Jay 6a Chicago
6 years ago
That would fit too. It's probably grown a bit more already.A new photo might be more revealing.I looked and saw you were in Florida.Was this plant completely hidden by vines?
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Mention of "potato" evokes thoughts of Dioscorea genus & its' various members but FWIW, I like the bamboo suggestion.
Jay 6a Chicago
6 years ago
I once had a cinnamon vine,Dioscoria batatas.It started to sucker from it's huge main tuber,so I tried to remove it,but I never located the central main tuber,so it took years of pulling out before it finally gave up the ghost. It produced many small, potato-like tubers all along the vine that fell off and grew into new plants.Thing is,the fragrance wasn't really all I had it hyped up to be, and really nothing to write home about.Dioscorias can be very invasive.This was in Illinois,40 miles south of Chicago.