Silvery
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plant IDs of these plants in my back yard

Hello.

Can I get some plant IDs of these plants in my back yard please.
I think they are wild lettuce, dandelion & a squash?
Thank you!

[img]https://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff315/judoman408/Plants/S6300290.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff315/judoman408/Plants/Letuc.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff315/judoman408/Plants/Plant01.jpg[/img]

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#1 has dandelion in it, its not the purple-ish one in front, its actually the one behind the yellow flower in the picture.
#2 is not wild lettuce
#3 is mallow.

also in the first photo down on the bottom left along with the clover there looks to be chickweed, a delicious weed and when dried makes a healthy tea for you.

Silvery
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I'll get more pics of #2 & the chickweed.
It's quite common in my backyard.

Awesome! I'm very excited about learning about these wild plants!
Thank you so much!

Happy New Year!

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#2 culantro
#3 heuchera


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the purple-veined dandelion-y thing in the front of picture 1 looks like it might be a wild lettuce of some sort.

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I believe the flower stock is part of a Sow thistle. Multi flower head.

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I'm with Eric about the sow thistle...

But I do believe #3 is cheeseweed (a Malva)

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Someone suggested that photo #2 could be culantro or sawtooth coriander. If it is you can tell. Break a leaf and it should smell like cilantro. The seed head is very thorny.
If it is culantro it has culinary and medicinal uses. Below is a link to culantro. It does have pictures.

https://extension.umass.edu/vegetable/et ... m-foetidum

I would caution against eating any wild weed until the id is confirmed. You could take a sample to your local Master Gardener site for id. Id is best if you have a flower, seed and leaf that is fresh.



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