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[BubbleCat]

I always wondered, now that it bears fruit I need to ask...

oh boy just realised the shot isnt brilliant

and the second thing ? some kind of nettle or sth maybe ? I think i remembered the flowers pink / purple and seeing those seeds i couldnt resist but take some along to see how ornamental things get.

[sporehead]

Found these in my garden. I planted some wildflowers and other things that I won't recognize. Any ideas?

[kykeion]

Sporehead - It is a chenopod, possibly Chenopodium album.  Looks a bit different from the varieties I have found growing in my area, however there seems to be a great deal of morphological leaf variation.  There are also several related species and hybrids occur as well.  Common name is Lamb's quaters.
Both seeds and leaves are edible. I use them in salads and to make pesto.  I is a great food crop, but can very easily become weedy.

BubbleCat - Hard to tell from the pic, but the first may be a crab apple tree.  Do the fruit look like miniature apples whole and when cut open? Not sure about the second pic, sorry.

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[BubbleCat]

I got to check, I will make sure to bringa few fruits back but if I rember right and its the same tree as one nearby that I have tried a fruit of its more like cherries but not in pairs and probably not edible.

[Auxin]

For spores I thought cheno too, and it looks damn familiar but the closest I can think of is Chenopodium ambrosioides... which still doesnt quite fit.
You could probably ferment it into great liquid fertilizer, lol (thats my favorite use for C. album, when fermented just right it smells exactly like horse manure... vegan horse manure... yes I'm a hippie... anyway...)

[fairdinkumseeds]

when fermented just right it smells exactly like horse manure... vegan horse manure... yes I'm a hippie...

Not a chef?

[fairdinkumseeds]

Chenopodium glaucum maybe?

[sporehead]

Hmm good informed guesses. It seems to be a chenopodium at least. It was intentionally planted I guess. Must have been from a mixed packet. A lot of these plants made more sense when they were young.

[BubbleCat]

Found it on what was probably an abandoned field

[Auxin]

I think thats Malva sylvestris ssp. mauritiana, but it might just be a colorful Malva sylvestris.
Its useful, being used similarly to marshmallow but this critters younger leaves are better in oatmeal.

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[BubbleCat]

There must be a reason I have sowed them, sadly the label decomposed :/

Ideas ?

[Auxin]

Damn hard to tell at that stage.
Reminds me a lot of Duboisia hopwoodii, tho
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That would, at least, explain why your growing them 
Mash up a leaf and rub it on your nipples, if your heart rate goes up it either contains a stimulant like D. hopwoodii does or else your just kinky.

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[sporehead]

Supposed kava seeds. About 1/16 of an inch each. Ribbed.

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[BubbleCat]

So I found this in urban environment. It forms runners and looks like a nettle or mentha. Initialy placing it amongst Menthae I immediately took it with me. Now the feel of the leaves is a bit "furry" and the smell is not Peppermint or Spearmint but not unpleasent at all.

Maybe a nettle ?
Maybe a Mentha sp. ?

I planted the uprooted one already and recut the other one to let it root in water.

The condition it is in is not the best to ID I think.

The mysterious plant has - as expected - improved its shape and the aroma / scent becomes stronger too. Also we have flowers.

[ONandONandON]

Tropical spice containing weed (the leaves are extremely bitter and they are used to see "black magic" in east-Java)