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Weed? #474485
Asked July 30, 2018, 1:29 PM EDT
What is this plant?
Cass County Minnesota
Expert Response
It is difficult to identify plants from photos taken at a single stage of development and of only one part of the plant. Your photos show leaves, but no flowers or fruit or how the leaves are arranged around the stem.
Perhaps garlic mustard. And easy way to tell is to crush a leaf and smell it:
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/garlic-mustard
Or red baneberry:
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/red-baneberry
Perhaps garlic mustard. And easy way to tell is to crush a leaf and smell it:
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/garlic-mustard
Or red baneberry:
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/red-baneberry