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Questions and Answers: 2013

Question: Please help to identify this was found in Scituate Ma.

  • Question

    Please help to identify this was found in Scituate Ma.

    Answer

    Your images are of a plant in the poppy family called Macleaya cordata (plume-poppy). During the growing season, if you break a leaf from the stem, you will note a yellow latex exudes from the wound. Best wishes.