Theres this plant out in my back yard that looks identical to a marijuana plant...?

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as i was saying identical to a weed leaf, and at the top ther are these somewhat bud looking curl up of leaves, and inside is an unbloomed yellow flower

what is it?

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Ok theres this plant out back that looks identicle to marijuana and it sprouts a yellow flower...wtf is it?

2 months ago

except no one could identify it

Answer 1

its a catnip tree i have one in my backyard i thought the same thing....=]

Answer 2

Well, you could cut a piece of it off and take it to the Police Station and ask them.

Answer 3

Check out www.scribd.com  Under marijuana hand book.  there are several chapters regarding marijuana flowering.

Answer 4

Could be you people don't know what marajuana looks like?  

Might very well be a Abution species/cultivar.  They have larginsh yellow flowers and palmate leaves.  Called a flowering maple, but not related to maples much.  

Or maybe its a male pot plant. sometimes the flowers do look abit yellow, but are tiny (1/8th inch).

Answer 5

there is only one plant which resembles the marijuana plant almost perfectly, and that plant is (common name-sergeant roger), it can be hard to destinguish the differences.  all the other examples you were given are similar but the description you gave was a perfect match for sergeant roger.

Answer 6

the plant most commonly mistaken with marijuana has got to be a species of Acer, or Maple.  Possibly a Japanese Maple, but a flower bud is odd...are you sure it's a flower?  Do you have a picture?

Answer 7

It's probably a type of cannibas, just not marijuana.  There are several types of cannibas plants. (Marijuana is cannibas).

Answer 8

A number of plants resemble Cannabis species,  that is if it's not a Cannabis plant.  Some bird seed mixes contain Hemp,  a type of Cannabis, and the seeds may be blown etc.

Otherwise,  the closest resemblances to your description come from a type of legume - Cinquefoil,  which grows wild in the USA,  and has flowers similar to the type you mention http://www.altnature.com/gallery/Cinquef... - this has yellow flowers.  It may also be sulfur Cinquefoil- http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/ptl... .  http://www.2bnthewild.com/plants/H153.ht... . The texan Hibiscus, referred to elsewhere.  There's also Vitex negundo, see here:  http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h... - not a close match to your description though.

Plus Ambrosia trifida,  whose leaves resemble Cannabis (not your plant's flowers though) - http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...

See if it has hairs on its stem, as this suggests cinquefoil.

Hope this helps.  Good luck!  Rob

Answer 9

I have a hibiscus plant called a Texas Star, but the flower is red instead of yellow...there may be a yellow flower member of the family

here are some pics I found on the web

http://www.starhawk.net/archives/000992....

Answer 10

If it's identical to a marijuana plant, what makes you so sure it isn't?  There are some plants that look very similar, though.  The Schefflera looks similar.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/vi...

Answer 11

Does this Cleome lutea (yellow spiderflower) look like your plant?

http://www.desertusa.com/mag00/aug/papr/...

http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?m...

http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Yel...

Answer 12

lol, that's pretty funny... try lighting it on fire or something.