Question: I'm in Southeast Connecticut, and I've stumbled upon this plant, which I've had absolutely no look of discovering what it …
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I'm in Southeast Connecticut, and I've stumbled upon this plant, which I've had absolutely no look of discovering what it is. It's underneath a tree, meaning that it doesn't get much sunlight, it's a terrestrial plant, it seems to be anomalous because nothing else around it resembles it, and while it's not directly next to the woods near us, it's near a particularly tree area. There are hairs along the stem (not evident from photos). Do you know what this is? Thanks in advance for answering.
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Dear teenprogrammer, good morning. I'm not entirely confident of the plant you have because it appears to have suffered some damage to the apical part of the stem that is making things atypical for this plant. It looks like Erechtites hieraciifolius (American burnweed), a species that normally has alternate leaves and flower heads with a conspicuous expanded base. This is a common, native weed of disturbed soils. Best wishes.
