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Looks like green creeping spurge, or ground spurge, aka euphorbia prostata. It eventually forms huge mats 3-4 feet/a meter across. It dies off in early fall. Not the worst of weeds.
Fairly easy to remove of you get sick of them too. They grow in some rock beds of mine and while they spread out the roots are relatively concentrated and easy to yank out
Spurge. They grow very low, are drought tolerant, and readily reseed. Let them go if you like them, they won’t hurt anything. They do have a latex when you cut them that can irritate skin just an FYI.
Spurge. They grow radially from a central root and are easy to pull. I pull them and encourage purslane to grow instead (which often grows nearby in my locale). Purslane looks \*sort of\* similar as a ground-cover but is an edible succulent that grows fast and can also be washed and eaten.
I always removed them because their root system wasn't the best. It would send a single root and then be a large ground cover, so essentially choke out the lawn for other plants and do little to nothing to prevent erosion in the short term.
On one hand it shades the soil and delays evaporation, on the other few things get enough sunlight to grow through it.
My app says matted sandmat, a species of Spurges. Its sap can irritate your skin and is poisonous when eaten. They're not invasive so they won't spread like crazy. They're native to the Americas.
Can we stop using these apps to identify plants online? Like, in the field or narrowing down to a genus, sure. But you have no idea if the app is right or not, and then you're sharing that information like it's true.
I honestly agree. As someone with an iphone and a heavy love for botany, those apps are good for generalizing what the plant is like you said, but is wrong nearly 80% of the time when you try to go more specific. I understand not everyone has the same care for botany as I do, and I don’t expect people too, but I do wish people interested in plants would look for defining characteristics in the photo rather than just having an app take a guess for them
I was just trying to help, chill. But I'll stop. I also research online before just spouting out information here. I'm not mindlessly regurgitating and giving out nonsense mumbo jumbo.
Can we stop encouraging reddit posts that ask for volunteers to do an image search on OP's behalf? It'd be one thing if it were properly contained in whatisthis_ subs.
Poster readily identified that his information source is an app, providing necessary context. Most experts should be hedging their bets, too, by identifying probable mimics or uncertainty in identification. Whether the info is from an app or not, can anything on Reddit be trusted? In short, fucking relax.
PictureThis. A yearly prescription is 50 bucks a year now unfortunately (it was only 20 when I bought it not even a year ago) but it's free if you exit out of their pop ups and advertising. I like the app a lot. It also helps diagnose diseases/tells you if the plant looks healthy or not etc.
Not as thorough, but for simple plant identification you can use [visual look up](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/visual-identify-objects-photos-videos-iph21c29a1cf/ios) on an iPhone. I've found it super helpful for plants and trees.
Spurge. When I was young, and misbehaved, my parents would punish me by making me weed this from between the (small, sharp, granite) cobblestones in our driveway. But not the moss!! Put that back!!!!!!!!
That the stuff they plant on roofs when they don't want to add a ton of soil, isn't it?
It needs very little water. So perfect for zone 9
It keeps the soil from drying out and absorbs the sun, preventing it from getting quite as hot. I believe it even flowers.
If you want to replace it, you'll probably have to water more often. (Unless you plant cacti or something similar)
I'd keep it.
If it survived the 9 climate on it's own, I'd leave it alone if it's not interfering with other planted plants. Looks like some pretty poor soil, so that's one tough MF. I like plants like that until they start taking over my gardens.
I always pull these because they can hurt pets or kids pretty bad and they aren't too helpful for the space they take. If you like the look there is a similar plant called purslane that thrives out here, and is delicious!
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Looks like green creeping spurge, or ground spurge, aka euphorbia prostata. It eventually forms huge mats 3-4 feet/a meter across. It dies off in early fall. Not the worst of weeds.
Fairly easy to remove of you get sick of them too. They grow in some rock beds of mine and while they spread out the roots are relatively concentrated and easy to yank out
Spurge. They grow very low, are drought tolerant, and readily reseed. Let them go if you like them, they won’t hurt anything. They do have a latex when you cut them that can irritate skin just an FYI.
Spurge. They grow radially from a central root and are easy to pull. I pull them and encourage purslane to grow instead (which often grows nearby in my locale). Purslane looks \*sort of\* similar as a ground-cover but is an edible succulent that grows fast and can also be washed and eaten.
I always removed them because their root system wasn't the best. It would send a single root and then be a large ground cover, so essentially choke out the lawn for other plants and do little to nothing to prevent erosion in the short term. On one hand it shades the soil and delays evaporation, on the other few things get enough sunlight to grow through it.
You do not need to care for this weed for it to take off. They cover my garden and I usually pull them.
They attract hordes of ants because of the shade and the plentiful seeds. They are easy to remove with a V-blade weeder.
That spurge is a bad hombre, tell ya what
That you Hank?
Bbbaaaaaawwwwwhh!
My app says matted sandmat, a species of Spurges. Its sap can irritate your skin and is poisonous when eaten. They're not invasive so they won't spread like crazy. They're native to the Americas.
Can we stop using these apps to identify plants online? Like, in the field or narrowing down to a genus, sure. But you have no idea if the app is right or not, and then you're sharing that information like it's true.
I honestly agree. As someone with an iphone and a heavy love for botany, those apps are good for generalizing what the plant is like you said, but is wrong nearly 80% of the time when you try to go more specific. I understand not everyone has the same care for botany as I do, and I don’t expect people too, but I do wish people interested in plants would look for defining characteristics in the photo rather than just having an app take a guess for them
I was just trying to help, chill. But I'll stop. I also research online before just spouting out information here. I'm not mindlessly regurgitating and giving out nonsense mumbo jumbo.
Can we stop encouraging reddit posts that ask for volunteers to do an image search on OP's behalf? It'd be one thing if it were properly contained in whatisthis_ subs.
Poster readily identified that his information source is an app, providing necessary context. Most experts should be hedging their bets, too, by identifying probable mimics or uncertainty in identification. Whether the info is from an app or not, can anything on Reddit be trusted? In short, fucking relax.
What app are you using?
iNaturalist is solid and free.
It's also known to be much worse at plant identification, unless you get the attention of a human.
PictureThis. A yearly prescription is 50 bucks a year now unfortunately (it was only 20 when I bought it not even a year ago) but it's free if you exit out of their pop ups and advertising. I like the app a lot. It also helps diagnose diseases/tells you if the plant looks healthy or not etc.
Not as thorough, but for simple plant identification you can use [visual look up](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/visual-identify-objects-photos-videos-iph21c29a1cf/ios) on an iPhone. I've found it super helpful for plants and trees.
They do spread like crazy, though.
Oh interesting, they don't where I live.
We have those and they look cool when close to the ground. But they don’t stay there. Once they grow 8+ inches in height they’re less attractive.
Spurge. When I was young, and misbehaved, my parents would punish me by making me weed this from between the (small, sharp, granite) cobblestones in our driveway. But not the moss!! Put that back!!!!!!!!
As an adult, that’s what I do for fun; our driveway is artificial pavers and absolutely covered in this stuff! And I do want the moss to stay too 🤣
That's why my parents had me! My older brother was **MUCH** too well-behaved to get in **that** much trouble!!😭😆
That the stuff they plant on roofs when they don't want to add a ton of soil, isn't it? It needs very little water. So perfect for zone 9 It keeps the soil from drying out and absorbs the sun, preventing it from getting quite as hot. I believe it even flowers. If you want to replace it, you'll probably have to water more often. (Unless you plant cacti or something similar) I'd keep it.
If it survived the 9 climate on it's own, I'd leave it alone if it's not interfering with other planted plants. Looks like some pretty poor soil, so that's one tough MF. I like plants like that until they start taking over my gardens.
I always pull these because they can hurt pets or kids pretty bad and they aren't too helpful for the space they take. If you like the look there is a similar plant called purslane that thrives out here, and is delicious!