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What Plants Are Mistaken for Marijuana?
What Plants Are Mistaken for Marijuana?. If you are concerned that marijuana is being cultivated in your area, you should know that several types of plants are commonly mistaken for marijuana plants.
If you are concerned that marijuana is being cultivated in your area, you should know that several types of plants are commonly mistaken for marijuana plants.
Facts
Typically, marijuana plants have slender leaflets of five to seven individual leaves and can be many shades of green with small flowering white or yellow buds and a pungent odor.
Japanese Dwarf Shrub
These small leafy shrubs have star-form leaflets with pointed tips mirroring those seen on marijuana plants.
Leaflets
Water hemp, Cinquefoils and Coral Plants each have the characteristic pointed tip leaflets and similar slender stalks also seen in marijuana plants.
Poisonous
Texas Buckeye also has pointed leaflets and blossom flowering white buds. But this plant is poisonous and does not produce cannabis.
Considerations
Marijuana is illegal in the United States, except in some states for approved medical uses. If you suspect marijuana plants are being cultivated in your area, contact local law enforcement.
