The word "plant" is enough to get BT attention!

But my game here is different. Can someone in the BT community help me identify this plant? It volunteered on our new place and I have no idea what it is? It came up at the woodpile.

Have no idea. :-), but It kind of looks like a lilly flower plant that grows here.

Yeah, doesn't it seem kind of tropical for Oregon?

Some kind of lily? What is its height?

Well, I got an idea after I posted my question to you Bonaire vacation buddies. Since this wasn't a question about Sorobon or something, why not ask actual plant experts directly?

In no time, I found a discussion group formatted similarly to BT, registered myself, posted my question, and within an hour, I received an answer from a smart person in British Columbia.

It seems to be this: Euphorbia lathyris, Caper Spurge.

The world is getting so SMALL. I noticed the site was in the UK, in fact, it's the Scottish Rock Garden Club forum! But the internet is everywhere!!

Glad you found an answer to your question, Niki! Yes indeed, the word "plant" definitely gets our attention these days!

Hi Niki,

Thanks for the info on the proper name. Janet T calls them pregnancy plants. The individual stalky leafs get little balls type seeds on the edges. When they drop off the little "balls" just start growing a new plant. It's almost impossible to get rid of them.

Hi Cynthia,

Can't wait to see them get pregnant and when. Should I know who Janet T is? ;-)

Hi Niki,

Janet of Captain Don and Janet. She's one of the islands resident plant experts. We've been trying to get rid of those plants in my yard for about five years. They just don't ever go away.

Oh! Thanks, I was imagining this was someone in Illinois...! :-)

The two that came up in the woodpile have not made seeds yet; maybe they can be eradicated now. I also read that the milky sap is a skin irritant, so I'd better be careful if I cut them down!

Niki ~ No matter how pesky the plant is, you took a great picture of it! It looks beautiful in its surroundings. One would never know it's an unwanted inhabitant.

Thanks, Greta, it IS beautiful :-) and I hadn't originally planned on removing it... It especially impressed me that it poked up in between the poles on the ground. Maybe it preceeded the poles and has finally made it's hardy way back to life!