To: opentalk
Isn't "pigweed" the stuff that has corrosive sap, that will blind you if it gets into your eyes? It's the "Xenomorph" of the plant kingdom!
Mark
44 posted on
08/01/2011 5:01:34 PM PDT by
MarkL
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To: MarkL
Isn't "pigweed" the stuff that has corrosive sap, that will blind you if it gets into your eyes?No; pigweed is a different, unrelated plant altogether. Pigweed is in the amaranth family...Hippie "grains".
What you're thinking of is "hogweed" and/or "giant hogweed", two similar, closely related plants: one is big (4-6' tall); the other is bigger (6-9" tall). They're members of the 'carrot family', with very nasty sap.
54 posted on
08/02/2011 1:02:58 AM PDT by
ApplegateRanch
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To: MarkL
Isn't "pigweed" the stuff that has corrosive sap, that will blind you if it gets into your eyes? It's the "Xenomorph" of the plant kingdom!
I think you mean
Giant Hogweed.That's significantly different from the glyphosate-resistant pigweed strain, which, according to
Wikipedia, is edible. Probably tastes nasty, though.
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