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What is this giant tuber?

10 years ago

Bought a house last year and the gardens are horribly overgrown. I was hacking and slashing my way through a shade bed today and wouldnt have noticed this except for the gigantic root. Probably just a weed, but they are all over that bed and now I'm curious! Thanks!

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lola-lemon
10 years ago
I can't see the shape of the stems (petioles?) and leaves ...but it looks like rhubarb.
lola-lemon
10 years ago
I can't see the shape of the stems (petioles?) and leaves ...but it looks like rhubarb.
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akanuckel
Original Author
10 years ago
The stems are round, so I don't think its rhubarb. The stems and leaves put me in mind of a bergenia, but aren't those evergreen?
nel5397
10 years ago
It looks like a pokeweed root.
lisanti07028
10 years ago
second vote for pokeweed here
Iris GW
10 years ago
Yep, pokeweed.

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