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Can anyone identify this?

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Lostmyunicorn · 09/07/2016 22:05

Hi this is my first post although I've been reading threads here for a while. I got this in a box at a fair - it's not labelled and I don't know what conditions it would like. Can anyone tell me what it is?

Can anyone identify this?
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traviata · 10/07/2016 09:28

I don't know but I like those leaves!

Lostmyunicorn · 10/07/2016 13:37

Yes it's pretty isn't it? I'm hoping someone will come along who knows what it is so I don't inadvertently kill it by putting it in the wrong place.

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Idontknowwhoiam · 10/07/2016 13:40

I also like your tablecloth! The plant looks familiar.. I'll ask my grandfather if no one has answered by the time in get chance!

Idontknowwhoiam · 10/07/2016 13:42

Possibly a tomato plant!

Gatekeeper · 10/07/2016 13:50

Astilbe? A lot of them have the toothed leaf set like that

P1nkP0ppy · 10/07/2016 13:53

I've got a bigger version of this, about 3' high, no label.
Sorry 😳

Evergreen17 · 10/07/2016 13:57

A marygold variety

stareatthetvscreen · 10/07/2016 13:59

yy i thought marigold too

Gatekeeper · 10/07/2016 14:56

is the stem green and sappy or is in browner and harder? Rub one of the leaves...is it pungent?

Lostmyunicorn · 10/07/2016 15:28

I don't think it's a tomato - the leaf pattern is very sharply pointed. And it seems too elongated a leaf for a marigold. I might have to plant it and see what happens next. Thanks for all your ideas though - and the compliments on the tablecloth, it was a little kids' version of twister that they grew out of so I've upcycled it to be the garden tablecloth!

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justdontevenfuckingstart · 10/07/2016 15:32

Have tries reverse imaging but am only getting pictures that look like your tablecloth! If you take a picture with a plain background you might have some luck doing it.

Lostmyunicorn · 10/07/2016 17:10

The stem is a dark red brown at the base and lightens into green nearer the top. It's only a tiddler of a plant so far (3inches or so) but the stem is already quite woody. Does that help narrow it down at all?

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Gatekeeper · 10/07/2016 19:38

If its woody then it wont be marigold.
does it smell ? Rub a leaf between your fingers and have a sniff

Lostmyunicorn · 10/07/2016 20:12

They have no perceptible smell. The leaves are soft, almost velvety to the touch, but not pungent at all. It's a mystery!

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stareatthetvscreen · 10/07/2016 21:14

plantlust.com/blog/2015/05/the-jagged-edge-serrated-foliage-round-up/

this?

Lostmyunicorn · 10/07/2016 21:45

Thanks so much everyone - I think it might be a form of melianthus. I hadn't quite realised it might grow to 7' - I'm very short of space for shrubs - but I will try it in a largish pot and see what it does.

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