Is this a pepper plant?

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rpmccoskey Terre Haute, IN Jul 03, 2013

Showed up on its own. I think its a pepper, but just not sure

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Doug9345 Durhamville, NY(Zone 5b) Jul 03, 2013

Doesn't look like any pepper I've ever seen. It doesn't look like any kind of solanum at all.

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HoneybeeNC Charlotte, NC(Zone 7b) Jul 04, 2013

Looks rather like cannabis to me!

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1lisac Liberty Hill, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 04, 2013

Do you have a bird feeder near by?

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Nola_Nigella Boston, MA(Zone 6b) Jul 05, 2013

Honeybee, LOL! I can tell you it ain't cannabis. ;)

If it flowers, it looks a bit like balsam. How tall is it?

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danderlion Austin, TX Jul 05, 2013

Agreed. That's no pepper. But balsam is a nice idea. If it's upright, with a main stalk, and it flowers long that stalk, you've got one.

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AdamAgain SW, AR(Zone 8a) Jul 05, 2013

Rabbit Cabbage?

It must be a very local to my area name. I can’t find anything on the Net. I peck in “rabbit cabbage” and get many pictures of mutilated cabbage heads and sated bunnies–Mr. McGregor and Peter all over again.

Rabbit Cabbage volunteers and will grow to about sternum high on a grown man. It makes a seed head, I think. I haven’t really closely observed it, but I will the next time I see it--that's what these web sites will do to you, make you lose a crop trying to gain Trivial Pursuit knowledge.

How old is the plant in the pic, rpm'? My curiosity is on the rise.

1', I liked your question on "a bird feeder near by".

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stephanietx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 05, 2013

Is that pigweed? NOT a pepper for sure!

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