The plant ID apps think it is wild ginger, but it does not look like a good match to me. There is a ton of wild ginger trying to take over my yard, and this is definitely not the same plant.
Unfortunately I can't help with your original request, but ooohhhhh!
There's a plant ID app? What's the one you use / prefer?
There are a bunch. Here's a list: https://youhadmeatgardening.com/best-plant-identification-app/
I don't have one installed myself. My partner did the identification. I think he's using plant.id.
Just had to come back and thank you for this! Had no idea such magic existed! Using the PlantNet app made me feel like it was 2010 and smartphones were magical! 🤩🤣
Ha! Exactly! I remember circa 2010 walking through a park in Pittsburgh and thinking "it would be great to have an app that could identify plants based on a photo". By the time I moved to Atlanta a few years later I was snapping photos of the weeds in my yard to see what everything was (using PlantNet also). Back in Pittsburgh I had to use an old-fashioned ID guide to identify poke-weed for the first time. That stuff is everywhere!
Noice!!!! Thank you!
I don't know what it is, but is wild ginger good for anything? I don't think i've seen it before.
It's not in the ginger family. Don't eat it. But you can make tea with it! I think this is the wild ginger. It wants to grow everywhere in the yard and in every pot. It usually has a root knot that makes it harder to pull out than most weeds.
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