Hi, I have this plant growing on a property in the lawn and all over. When it goes to seed, it "shoots" out the seeds when you brush against it.

here it is


I'd like to know what plant this is and what uses it has. I have rabbits. Thank you!


I don't know why the images aren't showing up.

Looks like you forgot to add the image?

It says lightbox 2012-03-24/scottman/6417b9<div id="isChromeWebToolbarDiv" style="display:none"></div> lightbox but no pics show up.

Is the photo actually on your hard drive? I don't think you can upload a photo from anywhere except on your own drive.

Yep, under the c drive.

The facebook link seems to work; I still don't know why the other method didn't work.

Is this the picture?

Yes! thank you!

Dave, can you move this over to the plant ID forum? Unless someone knows what it is already.

I moved it. And I don't have a clue what the plant is!

Can you tell us your state and county?

Thanks for putting this in the right place!

This property is in Kent county, Michigan.

my guess would be a bittercress?
http://www.google.com/search?q...

I agree wtih daylily, it looks like some kind of bittercress. It reminds me of Hairy bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta that we have growing here.

Pennsylvania bittercress - Cardamine pensylvanica looks similar and is native to that county.

http://courses.missouristate.e...

http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...

We have the same thing here. I never knew the name of it. Easy to pull up when young and starts blooming the end of winter. Very fast maturing.

Thanks! Looks like it's edible