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Dec 17, 2017 10:27 PM CST
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Name: Linda
Tennessee (Zone 7a)
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Found this pretty colored plant/weed the other day. Haven't had any luck looking through pages of "purple or burgundy weeds, plants or wildflowers" in Tennessee. Birds must have dropped the seed off here. Any clues?
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Dec 17, 2017 10:58 PM CST
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
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It looks like purple Lamb's Quarters. Smiling
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Dec 18, 2017 4:25 PM CST
Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)
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My chenopodium giganteum often turns beautiful colours at this time of year.

I even have some in the garden now...

Found a pic from 2011

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Dec 18, 2017 6:22 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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I wish it had that redeeming quality in my part of the country! Here, it's just another weed.
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Dec 18, 2017 6:40 PM CST
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Name: Linda
Tennessee (Zone 7a)
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Thank you all for the ID. Ha ha jokes on me. I knew the stem/stalk looked familiar just could not put a name to it. Also I have never seen it that color which I happen to like.
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Dec 19, 2017 8:46 AM CST
Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)
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ctcarol said:I wish it had that redeeming quality in my part of the country! Here, it's just another weed.


Never!!!

At my house, it's a deliberately planted vegetable....

Also, it's a bird feeder.....
Here's a cardinal dining at my feeding station:

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