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Monday - September 01, 2008
From: Dover, TN
Region: Southeast
Topic: Plant Identification
Title: Mystery dill-type weed
Answered by: Joe Marcus
QUESTION:
My daughter has a weed growing in her flower bed that look very simular to dill weed, but thicker. If you pinch it, it has a sticky milky substance come out. Can you tell me what this plant may be?ANSWER:
Unfortunately, we cannot identify your plants from the description given. Usually, however, we can identify mystery plants from good digital images.
Please follow the instructions below to get help with a plant ID?
1. Tell us where and when you found the plant and describe the site where it occurred.
2. Take several high resolution images including details of leaves, stems, flowers, fruit, and the overall plant.
3. Save images in JPEG format.
4. Send email with images attached to [email protected]. Please enter Plant ID Request on the subject line of your email.
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