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Questions and Answers: 2015

Question: I was given a money plant when I got hired at my job last year. It stays indoors in a …

  • Question

    I was given a money plant when I got hired at my job last year. It stays indoors in a large window of my office. The money plant started withering away and a small plant started growing beside it. Would you be able to tell what kind of plant this is? It started growing about a month ago.

    Answer

    Dear Ericbeee, the plant growing beside your cultivated species is Erigeron canadensis (Canada fleabane). It is a native, early successional plant of North America that is commonly found along roadsides, in disturbed soils, and about agricultural areas. It is not poisonous. Best wishes.