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Mystery plant

nic1797nic1797 Posts: 9

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Hi, does anyone know what this might be? it came up in a tray of mesembryanthemum seeds I planted back in the spring. Thanks!

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    it reminds me of mimosa pudica. Do the leaves react to being touched?

    Devon.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

    Where did you get your Mesembryanthemum seeds from ? Were they imported ?

    Your mystery shrub looks very similar to Sutherlandia frutescens , which originates from a similar area.

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    I saw your post just before I went for afternoon dog walk. On the way back I noticed a plant about 2ft 6 with white flowers. When I got to it, the leaves were a dead-ringer. I should have picked a bigger leaf too.
    It was growing amongst other wild flowers - no idea what it is though, but I thought it quite pretty and sturdy

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    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

    Looks like Polemonium caeruleum 'Alba' ; a white form of the common blue 'Jacobs Ladder' .

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    There's a similarity, but the form of what I saw was more sprawly and quite sparsely leaved. The flowers are pea-like 

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    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

    Probably a white vetch .

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Pete's plants looks like Galega officinalis alba. The OP isn't a Galega. So many pea plants look very similar at that stage unless you know them well



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    That's the one nut.


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

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    can't do the OP image



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DimWitDimWit Posts: 553

    The original picture could be Leucaena leucocephala, it is a shrub/small tree that pops up everywhere in the world.

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