After that cold winter, I nursed this thing back and have now found out it wasn't what was previously growing in this pot - it's an imposter. Is this a keeper? Thanks, lynne
Can you help ID this? Keeper or Weed
Lynne, I think what you have is a wild plant called Pennsylvania Pellitory, it is a host plant for the Red Admiral butterflies and it looks very healthy and pretty, I would leave it there.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/photos/pn_pellitory2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/pn_pellitory.htm&h=400&w=300&sz=49&tbnid=XDt_kgBN8EbSoM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3DParietaria%2Bpensylvanica&hl=en&usg=__92oFrJdrR-Sw3kOa2LWtT7IiXoA=&sa=X&ei=7eU5TNjaB4P98AbjyoynBg&ved=0CCUQ9QEwBQ
Mine looks just like the link you sent - thanks so much. If the plant seeds are eaten by sparrows (as the article explains), that means my plant came from the resulting fertilizer - cool. Probably like the poke weed that grows near the bird feeder.
I'll keep it - and it seems happy where it is. Thx.
Good choice Lynne.
Josephine.
It may be a host plant, but it looks to me like an invasive weed I get all the time which is capable of taking over a flower bed! It seems to spread from the roots so watch it carefully.
Leslie