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weed identification #791629
Asked May 19, 2022, 11:39 AM EDT
Wake County North Carolina
Expert Response
It really helps when identifying a weed to know what color the flower is, how tall it grows, and whether it has a basal rosette of leaves. I couldn’t tell from your close up photo some of those details. However, Virginia Tech has a great weed ID key where you put in the details you know about your weed and it narrows the field and then you can compare with the photos they provide. Using it, I came close to some kind of thistle, but there was a lot a couldn’t see in the photo. The link is below. I often don’t try to ID a weed if I know that it is either a summer weed or winter weed, as they set seed at different times. The best weed control is to cut off the flowers before they go to seed. Most weeds are annuals and only come back from seeds that are in the ground.
weedid.cals.vt.edu