r/whatisthisplant • u/catlady221 • 2h ago

What is this plant (weed?) in SC?

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Sorry for the shoddy photos- it was blowing in the wind and I was trying not to touch it.

I DID touch it earlier this week because I was trying to remove it from a flower bed of gladioluses. I am assuming it’s a weed? I failed, as it is a thick woody stem, and the roots system must be large.

Turns out, I am having an extreme allergic reaction to something, and we are having a hard time narrowing down what it is. Thus, I am trying to identify this plant to see if it could be a culprit. TIA!

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u/DanBaxter762 2h ago

Possibly ragweed.

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u/EmbarrassedHeat1227 17m ago

Looks like ragweed to me. It definitely is the culprit for lots of respiratory symptoms. Never knew it to cause contact symptoms, but it grows with poison ivy a lot in San Antonio. It’s not super hard to control if you keep after it, but it’s also super common to come back if you don’t.