Are these weeds?

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by lorax, Aug 27, 2007.

  1. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    These plants do not respond to the old adage "If it's a valuable plant and you pull on it, it will come up easily. If it resists, it's a weed."

    Numbers one and two, I suspect of being Portulacas.
    Number three looks like perhaps a Nicotania?
    Numbers four and five seem to be milkweeds of some sort (flowers and fruiting body) - they're where I find Monarch caterpillars, almost exclusively.
    Numbers six and seven, no clue, but boy, do I ever have a lot of them! They've been popping up and carpeting on the paths in my orchard. Number 6 is the flowers/fruit, and number 7 is the leaves of a newer shoot.

    Thanks for all your help!
     

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    joclyn Rising Contributor

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    1-2 is purslane and yes, it's in the portulaca family. it's edible (raw in salad).

    the others i've no idea. the white flowered one is pretty tho...i wouldn't call that one a weed!! :)
     
  3. saltcedar

    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    4,5. Asclepias (Gomphocarpus) physocarpa I think.
    6 looks like Talinum paniculatum
    HTH
    Chris
     

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