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Offline WhistlingBadger

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What is this plant?
« on: August 20, 2020, 09:47:07 pm »
I have a few of these growing in my garden.  It's a fairly large, spreading, radiating plant about 2-3' across.  Tiny, inconspicuous white flowers.  The leaves are about 3" across.  The fruits are berry-like, still green, maybe 1/2" across, and look a lot like tiny pumpkins.

Thomas
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Offline Azmdted

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Re: What is this plant?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2020, 04:36:14 am »
Hi, it looks like it might be mallow.

Offline Pat B

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Re: What is this plant?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2020, 08:03:48 am »
Is it a shrub, vine, perennial or annual? will you post pics of the fruit?
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Re: What is this plant?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2020, 08:52:17 am »
Hi, it looks like it might be mallow.

I'm pretty sure you're right.

Is it a shrub, vine, perennial or annual? will you post pics of the fruit?

Can't tell if it's perennial or annual.  It just came up this year.  It's more like a spreading shrub than a vine.  The stems seem to radiate from a central point.  I'll try to get a close-up of the fruits tonight.  They are shaped kind of like tiny pumpkins, and they divide into radial segments.
Thomas
Lander, Wyoming
"The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail.
Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for."
~Louis L'Amour