Odd plant showing up just now, ID?

[secuono]

Someone thinks its Wild coleus, but none of the pics I'm finding look anything like it.

 

[897tgigvib]

Alternate to whorled leaves

Stiff short hairs on stems

Crinkly blue green strongly serrated leaves

-----so far my first guess is Echinops, Globe Thistle, a beautiful domesticated flowering plant-----

Kind of like some blackberries, some of these go a little wild, but I don't think in a bad way. But I know me, I get a first idea on id'ing, and it turns out all wrong...

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Is there any aroma to the plant? Is there any milkiness that oozes out if a stem is broken...don't do a taste test of course...

 

[secuono]

Thistle would be way off, this plant doesn't sting and make people want to cry, lol. I haven't sniffed or broken it yet.

 

[so lucky]

Looks kind of like a coleus to me. It's an annual, I think. Maybe reseeded by bird?

 

[thistlebloom]

Thistle would be way off, this plant doesn't sting and make people want to cry, lol. I haven't sniffed or broken it yet.

Well I'm glad we established that!
I'm trying not to be so sensitive!

But as for the plant, I agree with So Lucky, it does look very much like coleus to me too.

 

[so lucky]

The more I look at that pic, the more I think it might be pigweed. I found some on my property that was almost decorative, when about 9" tall, but in pulling it out, I could tell it wasn't coleus, as it was a very strong, hard to pull up plant. Coleus is kind of watery and easily broken. Are you going to leave it or pull it? Just for the curious, if you pull it, check for the sturdiness of the roots, and the color. Maybe red root pigweed.

 

[canesisters]

AHHHH I WAS RIGHT!!!!
I looked at it and said 'That's pigweed'
I don't even know what pigweed is - it was just a shot in the dark.
Every once in a while, even a blind pig finds ..... how does that saying go??????

 

[MontyJ]

That's not redroot pigweed. Another pigweed variety maybe, but not redroot.

 

[secuono]

The more I look at that pic, the more I think it might be pigweed. I found some on my property that was almost decorative, when about 9" tall, but in pulling it out, I could tell it wasn't coleus, as it was a very strong, hard to pull up plant. Coleus is kind of watery and easily broken. Are you going to leave it or pull it? Just for the curious, if you pull it, check for the sturdiness of the roots, and the color. Maybe red root pigweed.

Nope, not pigweed. I have both kinds, redroot and spiny. This thing has bigger leaves.

 

[secuono]

Plant stinks, no sap or anything when the stem is broken.