Identify this plant/weed ?

[Ken]

Hello
Can anyone tell what this plant is ? Its growing in a neglected dry site, is about 10cm/4 inches tall and its roots run.

 

[Chuck]

It looks a lot like poison ivy or poison oak

 

[Ken]

Thats interesting. I will look those up. Many thanks for the reply.

 

[Silver surfer]

Poison ivy has leaves in 3's.
"Leaves in 3... leave it be"

The pic above shows a plant with a stem and 3 leaflets of 3 leaves per stem...ie it is not Poison ivy.

Do read all this excellent link with clear pics etc.

http://grandpacliff.com/Plants/PoisonIvy.htm

Nor is it Hibiscus.

Compare leaflets and leaves to Aegopodium podagraria...a very invasive weed ..common name Ground elder...or something very similar!


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Aegopodium podagraria leaves&es_sm=93&biw=1920&bih=967&tbm=isch&imgil=7O9VOz8VngsZyM:;https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrivxwVKnu51gtwI7wK_I3quvcqdqfFGMopaqDrvjsp1yJZ5-F4Q;328;445;mc5ATSABP1zH3M;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missouriplants.com%2FWhitealt%2FAegopodium_podagaria_page.html&source=iu&usg=__d6La6mHgoZmVPvsFKykdAgI-qtQ=&sa=X&ei=TOuBU-3tN8So0AWfn4DoDg&ved=0CDEQ9QEwAA#facrc=_&imgrc=7O9VOz8VngsZyM:;mc5ATSABP1zH3M;http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Aegopodium_podagaria_cauline_leaf.jpg;http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Aegopodium_podagaria_page.html;328;445
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Where in the world do you live Ken...that always affects any answer.
eg. In UK we do not have Poison ivy.
We do have Ground elder!

 

[Ken]

The plant is in a friend's garden in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK. Ground elder sounds like a likely suspect!

 

[Silver surfer]

It will soon have the flowers.

http://www.aphotoflora.com/d_aegopodium_podagraria_ground_elder.html

Pretty...BUT a very invasive plant.
Suggest Round up weed killer. Glyphosate.
Follow instructions.
Dilute as instructed...never be tempted to make a strong dose!
WAIT.
It is not instant.
It works by the plant taking in the chemical.... right down to the root.
Then it dies...permanently.

 

[Ken]

Thanks. Invasive and hard to get rid of apparently. Oh well, at least I know who the enemy is now !
Thanks everyone

 

[annageckos]

I have ground elder and it is not invasive here. It does spread but is easily pulled when it gets somewhere I don't want it. I wouldn't jump and pull it or poison it just yet. Just because something is aggressive in one area doesn't mean it will be aggressive in another.

 

[Treeca86]

Yes, looks like poison ivy to me. 3 leaves and shiny, dead give away to me. I try to teach my son about them, but him being Autistic, it's very hard.

 

[Silver surfer]

Yes, looks like poison ivy to me. 3 leaves and shiny, dead give away to me. I try to teach my son about them, but him being Autistic, it's very hard.

Sorry Treeca86.
This is definitely NOT poison ivy.
Britain/UK does not have any Poison ivy.

 

[Chuck]

Sorry Treeca86.
This is definitely NOT poison ivy.
Britain/UK does not have any Poison ivy.

Texas has plenty. Give me your address and I will send you some...........................free

 

[Silver surfer]

Texas has plenty. Give me your address and I will send you some...........................free

Err!
Most kind...but no thanks!

We have plenty of other alien weeds.

Poison ivy is a really horrid one that we can manage without.

 

[Whitewolf2578]

Maybe it is a new type of plant that has poison Ivy properties, because I don't know but those leaves look pretty oily to me, I am highly allergic to Poison oak and Ivy, so just looking at it makes me itch.

 

[Silver surfer]

Aegopodium podagraria or Ground elder in Britain does not normally look shiney.
In the pic I believe the leaves are wet.
It can be invasive in Britain.
It is not toxic...or poisonous.

This is the leaves...

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aegopodium_podagraria_leaf.JPG