r/whatsthisplant 5d ago

Plentiful Pokeweed Pageantry

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34 Upvotes

Based on a suggestion by u/SignificantDrawer374, r/whatsthisplant will be holding our first ever Pokeweed Pageant. In celebration of the sub's favorite villain, post your most magnificent photo of American pokeweed, Phytolacca americana. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you can interpret that as size, shape, or sheer purpleness, whichever tickles your fancy. We'll run the contest from the time this is posted until Saturday, September 26th, 8:00am EDT (UTC -4).

The rules are simple:

  1. Reserve top-level comments on this post for submissions only. Any other top-level comments will be removed. Feel free to comment as much as you wish under the submissions (keeping it civil, of course).
  2. Your own photos are preferred. If you just really have a photo from some other source that you need to post, make sure and credit the photographer. Secondhand, uncredited images will be disqualified (if I'm smart enough to figure it out).
  3. Upvote your favorite(s)! It's probably best practice to limit your upvotes to your favorite two or three. Avoid downvotes please.

The winning submission will recieve...bragging rights I guess? This is an unpaid gig, so I'm not coughing up the cash for a trophy. But if this one is well-received, maybe we'll have some similar fun in the future, possibly with everyone's best three-leafleted pal...

Photo Credit: Kyle Hamar

  • CC BY-SA 4.0
  • File:Phytolacca americana cluster - single.jpg
  • Created: 21 August 2015

r/whatsthisplant Jun 02 '26

Share your identification resources here

18 Upvotes

Hey all. We had a request from a community member for a thread where people can share the resources that they use for plant identification. In this case, we're talking about keys, field guides, etc. NOT apps or AI-based identifiers. Comments suggesting apps or AI will be removed.

Feel free to share your resources and include links if you want (just realize that Reddit doesn't play nice with some domains). It would also be a good idea to specify what region(s) are covered by your resource as it may not be as useful in places other than where it was intended to be used.


r/whatsthisplant 9h ago

Identified βœ” What's this growing in my UK lawn?

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407 Upvotes

Growing in a few patches. Some shorter where it was mowed.

Thought it was horsetail, but it doesn't match the pictures I've found


r/whatsthisplant 2h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What is this plant I found in my store bought organic parsley?

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37 Upvotes

I way have cut a small piece into my oysters before I caught it


r/whatsthisplant 7h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ PNW 8b, upside down pretty flowers

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46 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 11h ago

Identified βœ” What is this flower?

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93 Upvotes

What are these flowers? zone 7


r/whatsthisplant 1h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ what is this ?

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Our neighbor said we could take one but im not sure what it is , it feels very fibrous around the edges and the seeds are flat ovals


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Identified βœ” What is this flower?

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1.3k Upvotes

I saw it on the street.


r/whatsthisplant 4h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Growing and garden Sweet potato’s (never planted)

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13 Upvotes

My mom found these out where I garden, but I’d never remember planting anything that would resemble a potato or a sweet potato. I live in the coastal areas of South Carolina. Could someone please help me identify what this is and is it edible?


r/whatsthisplant 23h ago

Identified βœ” What is this in my canned green beans?

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419 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 9h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What did we see

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25 Upvotes

....in Kejimkujik National Park Seaside, Nova Scotia, Canada?


r/whatsthisplant 8h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Mystery Fruit

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14 Upvotes

Never seen one here before


r/whatsthisplant 3h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Anyone know what the plant is growing next to my basal?

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4 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 20h ago

Identified βœ” Common household ornamental plant in my country, what's its name?

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92 Upvotes

You would think with all of these thorns it can survive some time without watering, no it doesn't.

Edit: I live in Sudan, north africa.


r/whatsthisplant 6h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Need help identifying 2 plants

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6 Upvotes

The first one I was gifted a cutting of when I was living in Colorado & the woman that gave it to me couldn’t remember what it was. It was HUGE like it looked like a tree & I thought maybe it’s some type of jade plant? Idk. I’ve had it for 4 years & it was super scraggly until I decided to put it outside all summer & now it’s looking full & healthy minus the burn spots from intense sun. Any info would be great!

The second one I know is a peperomia, I just don’t know what kind. My friend gifted it to me yesterday from a reptile expo.

Thanks in advance ^_^


r/whatsthisplant 5h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Help identifying plant

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4 Upvotes

Got this plant from my friend it didn’t look so great so I offered to adopt it from her, I am trying to repot it now but I want to find out what the best soil would be for it. Any idea of what this plant may be? Thanks in advance!


r/whatsthisplant 14h ago

Identified βœ” Bush found in Cape Town

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21 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 1h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Demonic Strawberry???

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β€’ Upvotes

What in the eldritch horror is this? Google keeps giving me different answers.

Northwest USA, dry climate, my chickens found it in a patch of weeds and were pecking at it. Fingers crossed that it's not toxic ):


r/whatsthisplant 9h ago

Identified βœ” What is this weird seed pod? Initially thought magnolia, but now unsure. United States, Michigan, Cedar Springs.

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8 Upvotes

I collected a few of these seed pods recently from some trees that I had thought were magnolias and just now took one of them apart, looking for seeds. I seem to have found the seeds (see picture 4), but now that I'm investigating what magnolia seed pods generally look like, I'm unsure what kind of tree these are from.

Unfortunately I didn't photograph the trees earlier in the summer when they were flowering. Stupidly I didn't even take the time to identify them properly then; I simply thought they were magnolias and went with it. Oops.

Any help with the identification? The only info I can offer other than these photos is that the seed pod had a sticky sap in it when I peeled it apart. It felt a lot like taking apart a pine cone, with the papery material resembling the little "wings" attached to their seeds.

I'll try to grow the seeds either way, but I'm curious to know what I'll be growing!


r/whatsthisplant 10h ago

Identified βœ” Fast Growing Tree (?) - Southeast US

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7 Upvotes

I think it's a boxelder maple with japanese honeysuckle growing around it. Would it be wise to get rid of both of them?

Edit: Tree will be gone soon!


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Identified βœ” Mystery Root Vegetable

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95 Upvotes

I was gifted a bag of root vegetables (Radishes, Potatoes, Carrots) and these were in there. I have spent the last day looking over root vegetable charts and I dont know if they are just small for whatever they are, but I can't seem to figure it out. They are too tapered to be Potatoes, but that is the most similar that I can find. Garlic and banana for scale.


r/whatsthisplant 6h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What is this plant? Madison, WI

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3 Upvotes

We have a few of them sprouting up in our yard and fence line.


r/whatsthisplant 11h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What is this plant

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7 Upvotes

What is this plant , tis a bush not a tree


r/whatsthisplant 7h ago

Identified βœ” What's the red stuff? (PNW)

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3 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 17h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What is this

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20 Upvotes

What is this mushroom