Google said wild lettuce, if so would that be edible? It has pricks all over.
Automatic identification via PlantNet summary
Most likely match: Crepis mollis (Jacq.) Asch.
Common name Scientific name Likeliness Northern Hawk s-beard Crepis mollis 20.46 % Hawk s-beard Crepis pulchra 13.42 % / Berkheya setifera 4.00 % Marsh hawk s-beard Crepis paludosa 2.09 % Brown s dock Rumex brownii 2.08 % Beep, boop
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I’m not ever going to sit here and tell you to eat something when I’m not 100% sure on the identity, but that certainly looks like one of many common edible weeds that are related to lettuce. They don’t taste very good though
Haha I wasn’t planning on eating unless I was super sure, but this is exactly what I expected: people eat but it’s not great, so it’s not famous lol
Picture This (an app I use for plant identification) tells that is is:
But what’s the app’s name? Picture This. I’m waiting! No that’s the name of the app. What is? No that’s the name of the player on second base.
They had to come up with names for their other apps, so for mushrooms it was “Picture that”.
No, it wasn’t, it was Picture Mushroom.
And then Picture Insect came out - nice, they have some logic now!
And then they released Rock Identifier :/And there’s one for spiders too.
“Picture rock”, rolls off the tongue like gravel. :^) But maybe it was trademarked.
I don’t know ? Third base !
Who’s On Plants?
Bristly oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides is more likely based on your description of the pricks.
I’m going to settle for something from the Crepis family since I get that a lot where I live. I’ve never seen one with leaves this big though, that’s what threw me off, most others get flowers way before.
Anyways it’s plucked now, as well as the other weeds that were around it. Overdue spring maintenance, we’re going into summer and it would be much harder later.
It looks like wild lettuce. Wild lettuce is good for pain relief and does not contain opium. Try to take a leaf off to identify it, reference https://feralforaging.com/how-to-identify-wild-lettuce/
Its a feckin weed
Weeds are just underappreciated, socially-uncool plants
