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Plant I.D. please

15 days ago

This plant has overwintered in my cattlepanel greenhouse in Zone 5B. It has been lush and green all winter. I thought I had properly i.d'd it as a wild mustard last spring so this past fall I cooked some up with some mustard greens but my husband & I thought they weren't all that good and didn't eat much of them. I assumed it was because of the summer heat. I think I should remove it from my greenhouse but I will relocate it if it's anything valuable. Thanks, marnie

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heavensabound

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15 days ago
heavensabound
Btw, the leaves will grow out HUGE during the summer. Growing over a foot long!
15 days ago
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
Perhaps Salvia lyrata? But I've never seen one in the flesh.
15 days ago
Embothrium
Next time be sure you know for certain what a plant is before attempting to eat it. Otherwise if you have seen it grow big leaves during the summer have you also seen it flower?
15 days ago
macranthos
And do the leaves have a fragrance when rubbed?
15 days ago
heavensabound
I think what happened was...

I DID properly identify it. Here the old photo of it.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/FEJ9z56HYxzNHtzB7

But then, unbeknownst to me, this mustard must have died back and this current one grew back in its place, making me think it was the same one!

I'm kinda glad this happened tho because I just dug out a carrot that I planted in the fall & when I tasted it, it had no carrot flavor or smell! I instantly thought "Oh no! What if this is poison hemlock that self seeded, where I planted carrots."

Since I did come across poison hemlock last year in my yard, and I try to over winter crops, this convinces me to only grow carrots that are deeply orange or purple. No more whitish, yellowish ones for me!

I went out to see if there was a fragrance in the leaves... nothing! Smells like a plain old leaf, not even mildly scented at all. But I did get an updated photo. Those first ones are from about a month ago. Thanks everyone.
15 days ago
Embothrium
Looks much more like a Brassica than a Salvia.
15 days ago
heavensabound
Weird. I wrote a comment and posted more pictures. And I can still read it and see it on my phone but it doesn't show up here.... it was 2 hours ago!
15 days ago
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
More pictures would be good. Can you try again?

eta the picture has turned up. Thanks. Not S lyrata. You should get flowers soon.
14 days agolast modified: 14 days ago
weedwoman
Maybe Rumex crispus, Curly Dock.
13 days ago
jason long (Z8a/7b)
Definitely a wild mustard, my yard is full of those (less and less each year as i have no need for it). They do not taste good and are really just a weed.
8 days ago
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
I'm not sure about the 'definitely'. Flowers will settle it. But it's not dock.
8 days ago
jason long (Z8a/7b)
The OP has a link above to a picture with the flowers, it is wild mustard.
8 days ago
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
Very likely it is. But the picture shows last year's plant and the OP wanted verification this is the same plant as last year's.

Normally it wouldn't matter but if the OP is considering eating it they need to be absolutely certain. Flowers from this plant will give that certainty.
8 days ago

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