Monday, 14 September 2009

What is it?


Is it corn, wheat, barley or what? It must have sprouted from some birdseed and has rooted itself in a crack in the paving, all alone, no fellow ears of corn/barley/whatever to protect it from the buffeting winds. It managed to survive all the kids tearing around during Saturday night's party. One brave little plant. Can anyone name it?

5 comments:

Jackie Sayle said...

I'd say it's Foxtail Millet, Hydra. I remember we had cannabis plants come up from birdseed some years ago. I don't think they include that kind of hemp these days.

hydra said...

Ooh! Can you smoke it? :-)

hydra said...

It's not foxtail, it's ordinary millet. The foxtail millet seedhead sticks straight up but this one is in a gentle arc, and so is ordinary millet from what I can see on Google!

Jackie Sayle said...

Look at this pic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foxtailmillet.jpg

It's only erect when young and immature.;-)

hydra said...

I know a few men like that!