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Google said wild lettuce, if so would that be edible? It has pricks all over.

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[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I'm going to settle for something from the Crepis family since I get that a lot where I live. I've never seen one with leaves this big though, that's what threw me off, most others get flowers way before.

Anyways it's plucked now, as well as the other weeds that were around it. Overdue spring maintenance, we're going into summer and it would be much harder later.

[–] boletus@infosec.pub 1 points 6 days ago

It looks like wild lettuce. Wild lettuce is good for pain relief and does not contain opium. Try to take a leaf off to identify it, reference https://feralforaging.com/how-to-identify-wild-lettuce/

[–] bot@mander.xyz 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Automatic identification via PlantNet summary

Most likely match: Crepis mollis (Jacq.) Asch.

Common name Scientific name Likeliness
Northern Hawk s-beard Crepis mollis 20.46 %
Hawk s-beard Crepis pulchra 13.42 %
/ Berkheya setifera 4.00 %
Marsh hawk s-beard Crepis paludosa 2.09 %
Brown s dock Rumex brownii 2.08 %

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[–] DearMoogle@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Narrator: Bots are not cool.

Bots are great tools, AI not so much. This is a bot using AI, and what's bad about it is the AI, not the bot aspect.

[–] RePsyche@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Bots make common mistakes.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not ever going to sit here and tell you to eat something when I'm not 100% sure on the identity, but that certainly looks like one of many common edible weeds that are related to lettuce. They don't taste very good though

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Haha I wasn't planning on eating unless I was super sure, but this is exactly what I expected: people eat but it's not great, so it's not famous lol

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Picture This (an app I use for plant identification) tells that is is:

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

But what's the app's name? Picture This. I'm waiting! No that's the name of the app. What is? No that's the name of the player on second base.

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They had to come up with names for their other apps, so for mushrooms it was "Picture that".
No, it wasn't, it was Picture Mushroom.
And then Picture Insect came out - nice, they have some logic now!
And then they released Rock Identifier :/

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

And there's one for spiders too.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

"Picture rock", rolls off the tongue like gravel. :^) But maybe it was trademarked.

[–] Bonus@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

Who's On Plants?

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I don't know ? Third base !

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Bristly oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides is more likely based on your description of the pricks.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 10 points 1 week ago

Weeds are just underappreciated, socially-uncool plants