Albino weed?

[jcummins]

I guess it just lost it pigmentation. But this thing stands out in the pasture from a ways off. What causes this?

 

[bikerdib]

That is strange because the green color comes from chlorophyll in the plants, the stuff that absorbs sunlight for the plant to live. Wonder how long it will survive?

 

[BKBoiss]

I think the ones around it have been bullying it and it's just pale from being so scared.

 

[dragoneggs]

Interesting... not just white new growth but all white?

 

[stuckmotor]

Could someone have spray painted it as a joke?

 

[brown40]

That's likely a random mutation, but probably not for the better. I've had different plants show a section bleached out before, but never a fully white one.

 

[KYErik]

Very interesting. Please update this thread with weekly pics (if you don't plan on mowing it).

 

[mbergeon]

Interesting....

Albino Milkweed -

 

[DrRod]

I would agree -- albino milkweed. Looks like the picture on the website and it looks like there are other milkweed plants close by. Good catch.

 

[dragoneggs]

Interesting....

Albino Milkweed -

Nice find!

 

[dickfoster]

I guess it just lost it pigmentation. But this thing stands out in the pasture from a ways off. What causes this?View attachment 467934

I've seen albino Redwood trees, pretty small, and even single limbs on redwood trees that were albino. It's a very strange sight indeed.

If you ever wanna make a trip to see it, it can be found in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton, CA. They also have an example of a deciduous redwood, the only deciduous conifer that I know of. It's a dawn redwood that is native to western China. It drops its needles every winter.

 

[DrRod]

Regarding deciduous conifers, the larch tree also drops it needles. We have a really tall one at our cabin and every winter someone will say "that dead tree needs to come down" so I get to enlighten them.

 

[jcummins]

I checked it today. It's on the wane compared to normal weeds.

 

[dickfoster]

Regarding deciduous conifers, the larch tree also drops it needles. We have a really tall one at our cabin and every winter someone will say "that dead tree needs to come down" so I get to enlighten them.

Good to know. I've never lived very far north so that's a new one on me.
The Dawn was thought to be extinct until they found a small stand of them in 1944 searching for uranium deposits in Western China.