We saw this small group of plants today in the Asian Garden at UBC BG, I think on the south side of the main path. They're about 1M or more in height, and the leaves are hand-sized. It seemed that each plant was a single stem, but that might not be the case. It was the ones like that in the third photo that attracted me to it, where the deep lobes made it seem like there were three leaflets, yet they were still connected at the top. I'd like to put a name to it.
Wendy that's Senecio cannabifolius 33182-0262-1996. The plants are actually labelled, but it's on a stake in the middle of the clump and it gets lost in the foliage. Info I look up seems to vary on it's distribution. Seems to be native from Alaska to ne Asia, one site said Eurasia, so perhaps it ranges to ne Europe? http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200024464 It's an herbaceous perrenial. Later there will be yellow flowers.
Thanks, Eric. That's funny. If I had named it, it would have been "S. tulipifera", as those were the leaves that attracted me to it.
Leaves and overall appearance of plant are somewhat reminiscent of Cannabis, especially C. ruderalis.
Re: Plant with alternate, hand-sized 3-lobed leaves - Senecio cannabifolius Flowers today on the Senecio cannabifolius!
