10 points if u can identify this plant

[jay surfs]

In SoCal. Ive got lots of this stuff in my old abandoned veggie garden.

 

[kathyth]

I say Thistle.

 

[Carol S]

Rag weed?

 

[ascott]

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In SoCal. Ive got lots of this stuff in my old abandoned veggie garden.

I'm telling Yvonne....... @Yvonne G

 

[Tom]

Conyza canadensis. Horse weed. They won't eat it and from what I have read, I think it is toxic to some degree. I pull out each one by the root before it can go to seed. If you let it go to seed, you will be seeming lots more of this plant.

 

[Razan]

Conyza canadensis. Horse weed. They won't eat it and from what I have read, I think it is toxic to some degree. I pull out each one by the root before it can go to seed. If you let it go to seed, you will be seeming lots more of this plant.

I had to look that one up. Yep, 10 points.

 

[Tom]

I had to look that one up. Yep, 10 points.

I don't know all that many, but I know the ones I know. I've pulled up thousands of these.

 

[jay surfs]

Brownie points for you sir. I'm so glad I asked, as i hadn't a clue as to what it was nor if it was edible for my tortoises. They are sprouting all over my backyard. Last year I let a couple grow to see what they looked like, and they got 6 feet tall. I shall burn my fields to ashes now, ty.

 

[Momof4]

I have those everywhere too!!
I call them wannabe pot plants!
Never knew their true name.

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm afraid Tom is going to have to share his points with me. It's not "horsetail" but horseweed.

 

[Rue]

If it's horse weed (I always called it fleabane) it's not toxic. The tortoises might not eat it, but it's edible.

 

[Iochroma]

Agree.
Interestingly, the diet of wild Hermann's tortoises includes a lot of this non-native (in Europe) plant.