r/whatsthisplant Jul 23 '26

PSA: No, it's not poison sumac

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499 Upvotes

In the 12 or 13 years I've been a commenter and mod on this sub, I don't think I've ever seen someone post an image of actual poison sumac. Poison sumac is an obligate wetland plant and it only occurs in specific habitats and not in your yard. There are a number of other sumac species (which are not in the same genus as poison sumac) that have a very wide distribution and grow in many different habitats. You may have one of those or something like tree of heaven or walnut, but there is a 99% chance that it is not poison sumac. Refer to the attached range map and image.


r/whatsthisplant Jun 02 '26

Share your identification resources here

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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

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

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316 Upvotes

Southern Appalachia


r/whatsthisplant 1h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Random plant in garden

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r/whatsthisplant 5h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Fell from a tree in London

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75 Upvotes

I thought it was a horse chestnut, but then picked it up and looked. There were loads of them. All the same. Like an alien bunch of green shiny tentacled pods on a stalk.


r/whatsthisplant 11h ago

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

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110 Upvotes

I see it everywhere. It seems to grow like a weed out of any crack in the pavement and along fence lines, but is also present as a full grown ass tree (unless I'm confusing species). I've always liked it and considered putting one in a yard for a fast growing shade tree. Put me in the know please, my plant people.


r/whatsthisplant 3h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Found in an English garden centre wkth no labels. Any ideas?

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19 Upvotes

It had some incredible colours. It was quite tall, about 5 foot?


r/whatsthisplant 5h ago

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

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17 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 6h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Unknown plant in garden

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I noticed these β€œspiky” looking plants growing in my garden bed. I pulled out a few, but after more kept popping up, I was curious and let them grow. Well, I finally got a flower on one and it is the yellow flower shown peeking out of my alyssum. Does anyone know what plant this is??

Zone 5b in Upstate NY for context!

Thank you!


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What's this plant? Ireland

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819 Upvotes

Roughly 6ft high and 20ft wide


r/whatsthisplant 7h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Mother growing mystery gourd

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18 Upvotes

Mother is growing "pumpkins" she says, it turns out, they're not the pumpkins (gourd) she wanted to grow, these "aren't tasty" she said. I asked "Where are they from, country wise?" She answers with "I don't know 😊" ....πŸ«ͺ..

Opened one of the "bad" unripe ones my mom took off. She said the insides just look orange with seeds like most other gourds.

From what I gathered, they might be from either Argentina or Angola??? 2 VERY different countries... BUT, we're not even near either of those countries either, we're in Belgium. She tends to like growing Chinese vegetables, so I assume she got the seeds from the Chinese market maybe?


r/whatsthisplant 11h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ This is Rosemary, right?

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34 Upvotes

Looks like it and smells like it but just checking there isn't some super-poisonous psuedo rosemary. It's on an allotment in London, which should be a clue, but I inherited it, rather than planting it hence the caution.


r/whatsthisplant 2h ago

Identified βœ” Is this an amaranth? Or a visually similar plant? Southern Oregon.

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4 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 35m ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ What's the plant?

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A little unknown plant my job gave away. Don't mind the roses. Just put them in there to stay fresh longer


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Identified βœ” Red fruit on climbing vine, South Texas?

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329 Upvotes

Curious as to what this fruit is? on a climbing vine, leaves kinda fuzzy San antonio TX. don't plan on consuming but..could I? just looking for information out of curiosity, TIA


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Identified βœ” Soft green fruit, smells like citrus, appears to be ripe when green, southern Arizona

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426 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 2h ago

Identified βœ” Vine in Rhode Island USA

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Wondering what this spruce-like vining plant is? Never seen anything like it! Growing in my yard in Rhode Island USA.


r/whatsthisplant 37m ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ help identifying a problematic plant

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please help google is no help i want to stop this plant from taking over my garden but i cant unless i properly identify it


r/whatsthisplant 43m ago

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

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Location: Collier County, Florida


r/whatsthisplant 7h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ what type of fern is this? the roots are so fascinating!

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7 Upvotes

my phone keeps telling me polypody or boston swordfern but idk, it doesn’t look the same to me! i got it from a nursery in western NC. there was no tag on it


r/whatsthisplant 6h ago

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

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What is this plant/bush? I'm in zone 5 Western USA .

Should I rip it out or leave it?


r/whatsthisplant 4h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Help on Two Plants

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First two pictures of a shrub. I don't believe it flowered. Last three pictures are a shrub/tree that looks like holly. Thank you! ETA location West Virginia.


r/whatsthisplant 12h ago

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

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Can anyone identify this plant ? I am in the middle east and was wondering what this fruit tis bearing , obv tis a wild plant


r/whatsthisplant 3h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Is this a Sedum, or something else?

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This plant was sold as a "Sedum Succluent" at Lowes, but I can't find any Sedum images that look like this plant- if it is a Sedum, it seems EXTREMELY leggy. ChatGPT jumped between peperomia nummularifolia, peperomia rotundifolia, and sedum makinoi. I also asked ​the Picture This app, which said it was either Elephant Bush or Trailing Jade. The stems are flexible and the leaves are succulent-like, but not as juicy as I've understood Jades to be... just wondering what this ACTUALLY is!

Edit to add location- purchased in Virginia, USA


r/whatsthisplant 13h ago

Unidentified πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ Can you help me identify to plant.

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I visited my parents home and surprised to see this plant grow like weed. It is everywhere and my mother told me it started to grow two weeks ago. I want to remove it but she told me it is edibles. Is it truly edible or just some weeds? I live in hot and humid Malaysia. Thankyou all.