Small sprout evading identification (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Kaffeburk@lemmy.world to c/plantid@mander.xyz

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Month later pictures added! I recognise it but no idea what its called and Plantnet didn’t find it

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45800580

Little sprout

Coming up in my garden right next to some forest (primarily oak mixed with beech, birch, maple) in southwest Sweden. Last year i dug the area out and removed (most) roots. Not much came up but this little sprout. I suppose it could be roots reaching in from the adjacent forest.

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

I don't think this is ginger, unlike the bot identified. Ginger grows in hotter climates, and the sprouts are different:

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yea the colours aren’t there either. It did prompt me to pot some ginger in my kitchen tho :)

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

It did prompt me to pot some ginger in my kitchen tho :)

Warning: it requires a lot of Sun, a lot of water, and it has a nasty tendency to die in the cold, even in subtropical areas. And you probably won't be able to harvest a lot of ginger out of it.

But hey, it's fun, and people will ask you "what's this plant?" :)

[-] bot@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Automatic identification via PlantNet summary

Most likely match: Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Common name	Scientific name	Likeliness
Ginger	Zingiber officinale	13.54 %
/	Tillandsia tricolor	6.35 %
Eastern white pine	Pinus strobus	2.47 %
/	Tillandsia rodrigueziana	1.67 %
African Mahogany	Entandrophragma angolense	1.16 %

Beep, boop

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[-] webp@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

The Mysterious Stranger

[-] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Asparagus or something related to it maybe?

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I would be delightfully surprised if asparagus showed up but its doubtful since this was just gravel and shrubbery two years ago. It started to open its top leafs so will take new photos tomorrow. Hopefully this mystery can be solved soon.

[-] nathan@lemmy.permisuan.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Did you figure out what it was?

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

New pics just dropped!

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not yet! Its been growing like crazy

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

How's it looking now? Got an ID yet?!

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Just added new pictures!

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

Thanks, I've been very curious about this - I'm a half decent botanist in the UK so it shouldn't be that alien to me! With those latest pics I've narrowed it down to Goldenrod or possibly tall ragwort, but I think flowers may be key to securing the id.

[-] QueenFern@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Hosta?

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

So far the most delightful suggestion! Time will have to tell.

[-] nathan@lemmy.permisuan.com 2 points 1 month ago

Bamboo?

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Doubtful, not at all common around here so I would be very surprised if it had flown several kilometres to land in my garden bed and nowhere else.

[-] kunegis@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

There must be a not quite small underground structure to the plant, like a tuber, or corm, or something similar. If you can take it out of the soil, you may have better chances at identification.

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yea, I’m very tempted to dig it out since I probably don’t want it anyway. Might do that tomorrow.

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