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weed or flower?

16 years ago

I have this plant growing and spreading like crazy in my flower beds. I left it because the leaves looked like it was some sort of flower, but now that it's bloomed the flowers are just little weedy heads. Should I pull this?

Here's a description. I'd like to post a picture, but I can't figure out how to do it.

Many stems in a plant. Long leaf, edges are serated. Stem is stiff and hard to pull out. Flowers aren't really flowers, just weedy looking and greenish white.

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madisonkathy
16 years ago
Sounds like it might be fleabane, but really impossible to tell without a picture. Weeds are just flowers where you don't want them.

Here is a link that might be useful: fleabane
mrswaz
16 years ago
Is it Bishop's Weed? AKA Goutweed or in it's variegated form it's known as Snow On The Mountain. Invasive nightmare of a weed, is what it is. A google search will get you all kinds of pictures, but I'm afraid getting rid of it is a nightmare. It spreads via rhizomes underground, so you need to carefully remove the root system completely.
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