Your plant may be a milkweed; please send a long shot of the entire plant, showing its growth habit and size and we’ll confirm. Milkweed is a native perennial plant that is about 2-3′ tall. This species is sometimes grown in gardens designed to attract butterflies (especially monarchs). The nectar of the plant attracts many other species of butterflies and insects as well. This is a very drought tolerant plant that often reseeds through the garden. We can’t see the top so it could be either. Milkweed will have a white milky substance if you snap off a branch or leaf. Both are liked and both are hated. If you didn’t plant it it is taking the water and nutrients from your cultivated plants so you have a choice as to what you want to do with it.
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