Question: Hi, I'm in Storrs, CT, and I found this in a grassy, moist area under a bench. It's total size, …
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Hi, I'm in Storrs, CT, and I found this in a grassy, moist area under a bench. It's total size, from one rosette end to another is roughly 4 inches, so it's small. I used an identification app, to identify it, which indicates it's hairy bittercress. I've eaten (tastes great!) hairy bittercress before, and I always smell any before I eat it to make sure I'm identifying it right. This has the same cress smell, but it looks different than what I've seen before. Is it a hybrid cress?
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Dear teenprogrammer, good morning. Your image may be of a species of Erodium (stork's-bill, a member of the crane's-bill family). It hasn't expanded fully, making it difficult to be sure, but I would start looking there as to who this may be. Best wishes.
