# Found this on my land. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726 "2020-04-13T20:46:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kitwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kitwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitwick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/1 "2020-04-13T20:46:17Z")
[https://i.ibb.co/FwT4RSG/20200413-160259.jpg](https://ibb.co/FwT4RSG) So I found this plant on my land back behind my barn that is really old and wondering if it is what I think it is ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/2 "2020-04-13T20:54:53Z")
I guess that depends on whether you think it is cinquefoil… [https://www.google.com/search?q=cinquefoil+leaf](https://www.google.com/search?q=cinquefoil+leaf) ---
**Author:** ![Kitwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kitwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitwick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/3 "2020-04-13T21:06:01Z")
But doesnt the cinquefoil only have 5 leaves not 7 the one I found has 7 leaves ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/4 "2020-04-13T21:09:21Z")
> [@Kitwick](#): > > But doesnt the cinquefoil only have 5 leaves not 7 the one I found has 7 leaves [5-7](https://newfs.s3.amazonaws.com/taxon-images-1000s1000/Rosaceae/potentilla-recta-le-ahaines-c.jpg), [despite the name](https://www.techlinenews.com/articles/2017/managing-sulfur-cinquefoil-in-natural-areas). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/5 "2020-04-13T21:46:55Z")
Are you wondering if it’s marijuana by any chance? There are some images [here](https://www.britannica.com/plant/cannabis-plant). I don’t think your plant looks likely at all. I can see some resemblance to hemp, but the leaves are thinner. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/6 "2020-04-13T22:47:25Z")
Yeah, potato quality photo aside (and who the hell has a phone so shitty these days that it takes pics that bad?) that doesn’t look like a pot leaf. If you’d like a better answer though, take a picture of the whole plant, preferably in a resolution better than 480x320px. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/7 "2020-04-14T05:03:01Z")
Try Reddit r/whatisthisplant ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/8 "2020-04-14T14:04:41Z")
Despite the name of the message board, this isn’t a drug-centered space. That said, we have no scale (how big is the leaf?) nor any idea of what the plant as a whole looks like. Is it a woody shrub, or a vine? How tall is it? Are the leaves in pairs opposite each other along the stem, or do they alternate? Those are all crucial for proper ID. Lots of plants have palmate leaves (e.g. they look like the fingers and palm of a spread hand) including perennial hibiscus (also called rose of sharon) among dozens of others. Gonna need way more than a photo of an isolated leaf with zero scale. If you go on Reddit to ask, I can assure you you’ll be asked to provide a banana for scale. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/9 "2020-04-14T15:22:58Z")
Or, y’know, it’s definitely cinquefoil of some kind. Google ‘potentilla’ together with the name of whatever region you live in ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/10 "2020-04-14T17:47:15Z")
I can’t believe I’ll be the first to suggest: it’s probably some species of cinquefoil ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/11 "2020-04-14T19:10:58Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I can’t believe I’ll be the first to suggest: it’s probably some species of cinquefoil You’re right. You are not the first to suggest. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/12 "2020-04-14T19:33:31Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You’re right. You are not the first to suggest. Cinquefoiled again! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/13 "2020-04-14T19:34:50Z")
Don’t smoke it whatever you do. 5 ways bad!! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/14 "2020-04-14T19:38:42Z")
There are a number of Cannabis foliage look-alikes out there. If I ever grow [Texas star hibiscus](https://elizabethmeltonparsons.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/pot-plant.jpg) again, it won’t be in the front yard. ---
**Author:** ![GMANCANADA](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gmancanada/32/2837_2.png) [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-this-on-my-land/851726/15 "2020-04-15T03:53:44Z")
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