Au contrare! The leaves of maple trees, and therefore also their branchlets, arise on the stem in "opposite" fashion, two at a time across from each other. The leaves on the mystery plant are decidedly "alternate," one arising from one side here, from the other side slightly farther up the stem.That would be a type of maple tree. Yep, its gonna get big. Better make sure to pull up the tap root when removing it.
Not castor bean either. Compare the leaves with these images. I was thinking of jimson weed too, though.I was going to say castor bean... Castor or jimson, I'd take it down, too. Definitely not maple.
Au contrare! The leaves of maple trees, and therefore also their branchlets, arise on the stem in "opposite" fashion, two at a time across from each other. The leaves on the mystery plant are decidedly "alternate," one arising from one side here, from the other side slightly farther up the stem.
And, the stems look very herbaceous, not woody and no obvious bark.
It's not a maple.
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Not castor bean either. Compare the leaves with these images. I was thinking of jimson weed too, though.
If so, all parts of the plant are very toxic. You can keep it as a show & tell plant, but don't let anyone or anything (e.g., the family cat) eat any parts of it. See the Wikipedia article.
If you keep it long enough for it to flower, we would very much like to see what the flowers look like. Take lots of photos. We LUVS pichers! Be sure to post them to this thread so we can maintain the continuity.
OMG! Maybe it's a triffid? (One of my most favorite "creature features!")
I second this!Whatever maple your nearest neighbor has, I'd bet this one is an offspring of it. If it's a sugar maple, I'm jealous! LOL!
The genus is Datura, and it's spelled Jimson weed. I hope you do better on your finals.As I am a horticultural science major I can vouch that this is not either Ricinus communis (castor bean) or a species of Deterra ( jimsom weed/ angels trumpets), ...
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