Okay, what the heck is this?
I realized after I took a picture that it *can't* be plantago anything - the bottom of the leaves is right, the roots are right... but instead of the veins in the leaves going straight up and down, they kinda meander. Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking.

The shoe is a toddler size eight, it's Evangeline's. The leaf is bigger than my shoes (size eleven), and can in fact be used as a light sheet for a small child... say Evangeline sized. She's average for a two year old in her height.

You can see how the leaf is big enough to hold over your head as an umbrella.
Honestly, I don't normally see big-leafed plants like that, and what I do see are carefully potted plants that are tended, you wouldn't think they're natural to our climate up here! But this year I see these everywhere, and in untended gardens, too.
Long-ass roots, as I said.
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gardening are saying it's burdock, which seems right. If you can say otherwise, though, do tell me.
The shoe is a toddler size eight, it's Evangeline's. The leaf is bigger than my shoes (size eleven), and can in fact be used as a light sheet for a small child... say Evangeline sized. She's average for a two year old in her height.
You can see how the leaf is big enough to hold over your head as an umbrella.
Honestly, I don't normally see big-leafed plants like that, and what I do see are carefully potted plants that are tended, you wouldn't think they're natural to our climate up here! But this year I see these everywhere, and in untended gardens, too.
Long-ass roots, as I said.
Edit: The nice people in
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If it's rhubarb, make sure no one eats the leaves. Poisonous!
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Not much of a stem, though. There's a bit of pink at the very bottom, but there isn't really a stem to speak of - the leaves mostly come from the root directly.
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It *might* be?
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I'll forward the leaf picture to my sister and see if she can identify it -- she's got a Ph.D. in horticulture and works in extension.
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If I recall correctly, burdock leaves can cause skin rash (annoying, not serious). I fell into a patch and the thistles weren't as bad as the rash. Ugh.
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I had it instead of lawn when I lived in upstate NY and it got large enough for corgis to nap on the leaves without hanging off the edges.
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If it's rhubarb, make sure no one eats the leaves. Poisonous!
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Not much of a stem, though. There's a bit of pink at the very bottom, but there isn't really a stem to speak of - the leaves mostly come from the root directly.
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It *might* be?
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I'll forward the leaf picture to my sister and see if she can identify it -- she's got a Ph.D. in horticulture and works in extension.
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If I recall correctly, burdock leaves can cause skin rash (annoying, not serious). I fell into a patch and the thistles weren't as bad as the rash. Ugh.
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I had it instead of lawn when I lived in upstate NY and it got large enough for corgis to nap on the leaves without hanging off the edges.
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