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iminhr Zion, IL Oct 21, 2018

I’m in northeastern Illinois Zone 5 and during fall clean up I found a patch of these plants growing among the weeds. Anyone know what this is? Should I keep or remove?

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MrsBoomer Chapel Hill, NC Oct 21, 2018

It's common name is "polk" (phytolacca americana).
Get rid of it, it's a weed, and has a tap root to China!

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