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Jabuticaba

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Hi, all! Just wanted to know what these plants are and wanted to confirm #3. I think it's Black Madick. Thanks for any input! :)
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2 looks like chrysanthemum to me. One way to tell is the way the leaf smells. Rub it or crush one. Feverfew has a bitter smell. Chrysanthemum - how to describe without saying it smells like a chrysanthemum? Like describing wine, a sharp tang... The flowers are another good identifier.

I could be wrong about ID. It's hard for me to ID by sight alone. Photos don't give a sense of scale, either.
 

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2 looks like chrysanthemum to me. One way to tell is the way the leaf smells. Rub it or crush one. Feverfew has a bitter smell. Chrysanthemum - how to describe without saying it smells like a chrysanthemum? Like describing wine, a sharp tang... The flowers are another good identifier.

I could be wrong about ID. It's hard for me to ID by sight alone. Photos don't give a sense of scale, either.
Thanks for trying! Yes, I know what chrysanthemum smells like. ;) I don't think that's what it was. It grown wild here; no flowers.


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I think your first plant may be. "mullein" - Verbascum sp. Questionably edible.
The second looks more like a "wormwood" - Artemisia sp. to my eyes. Possibly edible. Not sure is the sure if they survive in Winterpeg :)
Agree the third is "black medic" - Medicago lupulina - edible, and a part of the natural diet of most Mediterranean tortoises.
 

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I think your first plant may be. "mullein" - Verbascum sp. Questionably edible.
The second looks more like a "wormwood" - Artemisia sp. to my eyes. Possibly edible. Not sure is the sure if they survive in Winterpeg :)
Agree the third is "black medic" - Medicago lupulina - edible, and a part of the natural diet of most Mediterranean tortoises.
That's awesome! Thank you! I found them in my sister-in-law's property, just outside Winterpeg.
 

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