Now That's a Weed

Over they past month or so we have been equal opportunity with our flowers beds; we have been accepting flowers and weeds alike. A couple weekends ago, we were out in the yard and pulled some weeds. There was one particularly hefty weed that Christopher took ahold of. When he did, the root started moving the earth...literally. The "flowery/bushy" part of the weed snapped off at the base of the leaves and then we pulled this out:

(christopher is 5'8", so this thing has to be about...6" tall?)

(this picture kind of reminds me of the snake)

(bye bye, weed! we'll probably see you next year!)