Long shot I know ...

It's a long shot I know, but can anyone help me identify this plant please?

A load of them have been dumped (some wrapped in bin liners) by the field where I walk my dogs. This one looked as if it still had some life in it, so I thought I'd try to revive it but I have no idea what it is.

It has a bit of a pong to it - can't put my finger on what it smells like though.

 

Thornapple or Japanese knotweed ! Keep us informed. Cheers, Tony.

 

if i had to guess a family i'd say - apiaceae. just from the way those leaves are coming out....

 

Are there tubers underneath those stems?

 

Don't think so, just a root system. Would they be small enough to hide in the roots?

Think Chan may be onto something from what I've Googled.

 

id say cannabis,esp if it been dumped in bags thread bare

 

I think so too Joolz...from the bit i can see of the leaves looks very much like it...

 

I'm pretty sure cannabis as well, I'd phone the old bill if I were you and get rid of that one but don't mention it

 

I'd NOT phone the old bill, and keep quiet.

Main reason being, you will be suspect no1, should no ones else be avaliable.

 

yeah and the sniffer dogs might track it back to your house mereworld if ya walked back with it x
i used to see a few dumps on the lane which i could only presume was cannabis from the smell when i lived in manchester where i kept my horse,no one ever sees em doing it thou

 

I'm not convinced its cannabis. The leaves don't look quite right to me, but then I'm no expert.

However, if it is, or even if it might be, I'd be destroying it asap. Plod are not to be trusted. They are driven by targets rather than fairness. Consider their position, for very little work, they can get another arrest under their belt. Or for a lot of work they can decide it was probably an innocent mistake and let that easy win go.

 

Time will tell(if mereworld decides to carry on reviving it) ive no idea,just the fact its had been dumped and pongs :WINK1:..seems dodgy x

 

Not to put a damper on things ... ... but it could be a Schefflera elegantisima or something similar ... I believe they shoot from the base and the Marijuana can put it's leaves up anywhere on the stems ...

I know ZERO about Cannabis except that C sativa is a wildflower here and an annual whereas the plant merleworld has posted appears to be a shrub and everything coming up from the base, ie, a perennial.

Just a thought ...

I will follow this thread with interest ...

 

The stems in this photo have the same sort of texture and habit as Merleworld's photo. If you reported it and said you'd taken one home - for identification - surely the Plod wouldn't prosecute you?

http://www.weedfarmer.com/cannabis/kinds.jpg

 

I personally would never take that gamble. The pay-off for being right is lots of awkward questions and a very public display for the benefit of your neighbours that you are 'known to the police'. The cost of being wrong is time in one of her majesty's hotels./