Can someone help me with these weeds?

2times

Member
Just wondering if any of these are either stinging nettle or comfry
1. a. IMG_0007.JPG b. IMG_0008.JPG
These are the same, wasnt sure with the little needles everywhere.(i believe stinging nettle has needles on its main stem)


2. a.IMG_0009.JPG b. IMG_0011.JPG c. IMG_0012.JPG
Wonder if these are comfrey?


3. IMG_0013.JPG
And this one too?
 

tekdc911

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2. a is sage
2. b i have some Jerusalem lilies that kind of look like that no idea honestly
2. c is mint
3. is a dew berry or raspberry like liberty was saying
all i know :)
mint 100% sure
sage almost 100% sure i have a pineapple sage that looks just like that
 
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booms111

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3rd looks just like red rasberry plant i got sitting in front of me. Mine has red thorns on it though but your leaves are exactly like mine.
 

2times

Member
iyyyy so nothing that im looking for lol.
on the other note i went and found spotted dead nettle and yarrow at a nursery
and am continuing to search for stinging nettle and comfry

Well thanks guys for helping me on that :)
 

SmokenToke1

New Member
Don't have time to go over them now, but if you've got the time and inclination, I highly suggest getting a little book of local plants and weeds in your area. You'd be surprised (or not, seeing as how you're on a weed forum :D) how many uses plants that are often considered pests or weeds have. :) Medicinal, nutritional, etc. Just recently steam-boiled some stinging nettles, a great big batch of 'em, and cooked them into little balls of bread (like polish pierogi). Delicious - they taste just like cooked spinach!
 

Abiqua

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1a is a Brassicacea [Mustard] it is edible [can't quite remember the name at the moment...] The seed pods are very thin and round, almost like a 3/4" Indian dreamcatcher.....I have some collected seed out of the wild.....[Purple flower stuff] the rest is just sowthistle....

1b is Sowthistle, [Sonchus] which are related to thistles, same family [Astereceae ie dandelion, thistles, etc] I pick these for fertilizer if I see them...very good source of nutrients similar to dandelion, edible too.

2c is Lemon Balm [very pungent, almost an acrid lemony smell when crushed][I will bet a $100!!]

2a is probably Mentha arvensis and Creeping charlie is underneath it or a weedy Geranium.

2b is probably bee balm, have to see when it flowers, small chance it is something like a hedge nettle [which is a mint too]

3 is a Vaccinium [berry] really just looks like Evergreen or Himalayan Blackberry. Raspberry or Blackcap [black/blue raspberrys] have a almost blue-ish stalk and tend to put up stems from one area before spreading. Blackberries will just spread out anywhere they can go with stolons that become rhizomes.

All mint species have square [4 sided stems] that is a dead giveaway to key a mint.
 
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Abiqua

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Common types of weedy borage [comfrey] are things like Houndstongue and Forget Me Not's. They are early bloomers, another give away for borage, they like to start flowering even in late March and will be done usually by June. July is late. Most are blue flowered, exceptions are things like Popcorn scouler which is white.....

Nettle likes to invade disturbed, high nutrient areas. Old fire's from logging and such are good places to find both nettle and comfrey....boggy areas where water invades.....

I can go into more detail, but I have no idea your climate and such. So just some simple guidelines.
 
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