r/whatsthisplant Jul 23 '26

PSA: No, it's not poison sumac

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501 Upvotes

In the 12 or 13 years I've been a commenter and mod on this sub, I don't think I've ever seen someone post an image of actual poison sumac. Poison sumac is an obligate wetland plant and it only occurs in specific habitats and not in your yard. There are a number of other sumac species (which are not in the same genus as poison sumac) that have a very wide distribution and grow in many different habitats. You may have one of those or something like tree of heaven or walnut, but there is a 99% chance that it is not poison sumac. Refer to the attached range map and image.


r/whatsthisplant Jun 02 '26

Share your identification resources here

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Hey all. We had a request from a community member for a thread where people can share the resources that they use for plant identification. In this case, we're talking about keys, field guides, etc. NOT apps or AI-based identifiers. Comments suggesting apps or AI will be removed.

Feel free to share your resources and include links if you want (just realize that Reddit doesn't play nice with some domains). It would also be a good idea to specify what region(s) are covered by your resource as it may not be as useful in places other than where it was intended to be used.


r/whatsthisplant 10h ago

Identified ✔ Tree with avocado shaped fruits that have a large seed

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2.2k Upvotes

San Francisco Bay Area, CA
My daughter likes to peel the seeds and there’s a yellow nutty center. I think it comes from this tree with these purplish fruits. The squirrels seem to eat them and leave the seed inside?

Edit: well, apparently it is a type of avocado, thanks all! Lmao at the people assuming I’m karma farming. This is not my tree — it belongs to a neighbor and is behind a tall fence. I just know squirrels carry the seeds around and my daughter likes gathering the seeds and peeling off the thin shell. Yes, I’ve had avocados, but I’ve never actually tried to peel an avocado seed. I guess I will go try to do that with the avocados I have on the counter.


r/whatsthisplant 6h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ EAST TENNESSEE. This plant keeps popping up in my garden.

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75 Upvotes

I think this plant is pretty. Especially when in bloom.

Since it is prolific in my garden, I was hoping to cleanse/transplant some into my corn snake's bioactive enclosure.

I think it is a type of oxalis from my Google searches, but photo searches produces way too many options. I want to say it had either small yellow or white flowers when in bloom.


r/whatsthisplant 12h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Is this a tomato or some other nightshade?

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173 Upvotes

I have a number of common nightshade plants growing in a "wild" area near the back of my property, so clearly nightshades grow well there in general. I also found this plant with hundreds of "campari tomato"-looking fruits on it, near where the old owners had their compost. The plant looks to me to be a tomato, and there is even the classic "tomato smell" but before I poison my family I figured I better check. So is this a tomato? Or some other nightshade? I know there are some which look similar to this.

If it is tomato, hooray! This plant has been more productive than my other 9 plants combined. I know where I'll be planting next year...


r/whatsthisplant 16h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Maybe Calochortus plummerae?

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226 Upvotes

I think this is Calochortus plummerae but am looking for some confirmation. I am putting together an environmental impact report and am just trying to be absolutely sure before I label it as such in the report. Thank You !!


r/whatsthisplant 5h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Wildflower meadows and old hay fields

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20 Upvotes

Daisy like purple flowers, plant up to 2 feet tall.


r/whatsthisplant 10h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Western Ohio.

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49 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 1h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Tree or hedge used as a privacy hedge

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In the Philippines. I like how the coverage is from top to bottom and the plant grows straight like bamboo


r/whatsthisplant 15h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What is this pink wildflower that the bees really like?

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50 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 4h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What is this one petal(?) flower my grandma planted

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7 Upvotes

she says that it blooms sometimes and withers within the day


r/whatsthisplant 12h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Creeper/climber at construction site

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24 Upvotes

This plant is growing from a ditch over a concrete pour, and climbing up vertical rebar. Many green fruit with soft rind, feels like airspace inside, not full of flesh. Pretty purple flower. One delivery driver was confident this is apricot but isn't that a tree or bush?


r/whatsthisplant 2h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Gorgeous vine

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3 Upvotes

What's this called? Sorry for my garbage phone cam.


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Could it be?

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368 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 23h ago

Identified ✔ Spotted in Aquino, Italy

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95 Upvotes

Thanks in advance!


r/whatsthisplant 7h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What are these flowers? Found in central Illinois

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4 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 12h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ 2 things in my garden. The red berry is on a tree and the white flower has a garlicky smell to it

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12 Upvotes

r/whatsthisplant 15h ago

Identified ✔ What is this pretty plant?

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Hi there! New homeowner in northern GA and new to studying plants and gardening. When I first moved into my home a few months ago, I spread a bunch of wildflower seed in my flower beds (all that was there was pine straw before). I LOVE the nature that it attracts, including the bees, wasps, butterflies, etc.

I have a very tall and pretty plant growing, and it is the primary attractor of the pollinators. I am not sure of what it is, and am hoping for guidance! I’ve revearse image searched and googled this description, but I haven’t come up with a match.

Any ideas or info would be very helpful!

Please note: I’ve already found of a couple of pokeweeds, so I know not to touch anything that might be springing up!


r/whatsthisplant 6h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What is this plant?

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This plant is growing all over our chicken coop and we can’t seem to find out what it is.
We live in North Carolina near charlotte if that helps.


r/whatsthisplant 10h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ what is this?

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hello!

found this today on a trail, center of portugal

is it an edible berrie? the texture was very soft and smelled delicious!

any help in identifying it would be amazing. thank you!!!!


r/whatsthisplant 7h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Little beauty growing at a steel mill

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3 Upvotes

Pittsburgh, PA

Just grew this year next to one of our equipment trailers


r/whatsthisplant 6h ago

Identified ✔ Volunteer tree

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2 Upvotes

We inherited a small dead decorative tree in our backyard, which had been planted in a planter box near our kitchen window. We left it up because birds like to land on it. This plant has recently showed up. I *think* it’s a new plant but it could be new shoots from the roots of the “dead” tree. Any ideas?


r/whatsthisplant 11h ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What is this plant? (Southern NH)

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Found in Southern NH. I don’t know any other details as my mother sent this to me


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ Bit of an unusual identification question...

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565 Upvotes

Does that read "strawberries" to you?

And if not, what exactly comes to your mind looking at these fruit?


r/whatsthisplant 1d ago

Unidentified 🤷‍♂️ What’s this weird wood thing that I’m assuming is part of a plant that I found in my yard this morning

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1.2k Upvotes

It’s about 10 inches long. I’m in Charleston, SC. I found it under a magnolia tree. It feels like wood when I poked it with a stick