BigOly - 11-19-2014 at 11:00 AM
It seems the cows and goats avoid eating it. It also seems to be a good fence cover if it is safe to grow i.e. not like poison ivy or something?
Bob H - 11-19-2014 at 11:33 AM
It might be a type of Hedge Mustard Plant.
http://www.uaex.edu/farm-ranch/resource-library/forage-id/we...
[Edited on 11-19-2014 by Bob H]
BigOly - 11-19-2014 at 12:00 PM
I think you're on to something Bob. I just read mustard plants cause cows to have gastrointestinal problems if they eat it. Maybe they have learned
to avoid eating this plant.
Pappy Jon - 11-22-2014 at 02:49 PM
Not a mustard, if you are talking about the yellow flowers. That is a member of the Sunflower/Aster/Composite family. Unfortunately, I don't know what
it is, and I couldn't find it in Rebman-Roberts.
[Edited on 11-22-2014 by Pappy Jon]
sargentodiaz - 11-22-2014 at 03:13 PM
I went through over 500 photos of native Baja plants and this simply wasn't there.
Pappy Jon - 11-22-2014 at 03:46 PM
My best guess is Eupatorium sagittatum. Good luck with a common name.
Mexitron - 11-22-2014 at 04:36 PM
Looks like a Senecio to me, but yes definitely a compositae. Some Senecio are non-native weeds.
BigOly - 11-23-2014 at 10:18 AM
I'm thinking of using this plant on a new Palo de Arco fence as cover. It grows on fences all around my neighborhood in L.B. Maybe it is not a
native plant.
hombre66 - 11-23-2014 at 10:47 AM
San Diego Sunflower Tacote with the petals knocked off?? The flowerbud center is identical (N Roberts field guide)
