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Maybe a delphinium / larkspur ?
Speaking of garlic, we have a wild version of it, or maybe itās wild onion, all over our lawns in the late winter/early spring. It tastes stronger than onion, so Iām thinking garlic. Thereās still some in a few areas, but it usually goes away in the summer.
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When it dies does it have really sharp seed pods? These plants remind me of sandburs when they dieback. They must produce a ton of seed. Iāll take more pics when they flower.
Iām guessing a geranium of some sort. Leaves can be variable. Any pics of the flowers?
Scott
Try the buttercup family- thatās what my wife said, and sheās smarter about these things than I.
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Google - delphinium/ larkspur , seed pods ,images.
Yes, they are pointy on top.
Many different kinds
Iāll look it upā¦ I 'll post pics if i canāt figure it out when they flower. Iāve always viewed them as weeds an mowed/pruned themā¦although i will let a few go to flower for the bees.
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Could your wild garlic be ramps?
No, I donāt think so, they seem skinnier than a ramp. Maybe theyāre just wild onions, but the flavor of the greens is more pungent than a tame version.
I think ramps donāt grow in open spaces like these do, I believe they prefer shadier areas. @speedster1 I think tried to grow some transplants, canāt remember how they did. They are big deal across the border in WV, I had never heard of them until we moved here.
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Looks like motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca. Leaves can vary a bit in size and shape and the lower leaves have more lobes and are smaller than the top leaves. https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/motherwort.htm
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I donāt see the leaves as very similar, but the stems do look to be square, which puts it in the mint family. So that part is consistent with motherwort, not buttercups. And who knows how many variations there are.
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They look like delphinium.
We had those a lot on the farm in southern Wisconsin. We always called them fireweed, but I think that was just a local name.
Purple haze
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I love one weed I figured out on my own (I need to share pictures!) Wood sorrel, common in the woods of the NW, is something I learned as a child at an Oregon camp was edible. Sour! I love sour things! I would be hoping to bite one daily in the woods. Never saw one again untilā¦my yard suddenly grew them this year!
I found fancy kinds in a nursery, one has hot pink swirls on dark maroon, other neon lime green. So I bought both. Then behold! By my blueberries were two other kinds, one huge purple leaves, the other more green with hint of purple. Then I see more popping up by another blueberry and by the grapes!
So I am going to transplant some sorrel nearby the fancy nursery varieties, and let the ones under the arbor of grapes combine with other herbs.
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Ding ding dingā¦ You got it! I did a lot of searching and could never figure it out. It must seed like crazy. The bees love it when it is in bloom but once the flowers die back they are sharp. The roots on these things are amazing. You think hey iāll just pull this weed outā¦nopeā¦youāll have a crater in your lawn because of the insane root system.
From wiki:
Introduced to North America as a bee foraging plant and to attract bumble bees, this perennial herb is now considered invasive. It is hardy in USDA climate zones 4ā8.[4]
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Eureka! I went through the same thing trying to identify them a year or 2 ago. The inconsistent leaf shapes made it difficult. Everything you just said about them is very true, haha! They apparently have a lot of medicinal properties/uses.
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Good to know that bee likes it. I try to have bees in my yard especially the bumble bee which works twice harder than any other bees and pollinated better than other bees.I will keep this plant in my yard