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What is this?

PyraPyra Posts: 152
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I've found horsetail on one side of the garden, it was definitely that, it had a spore pod with it. But there is this on the other side, I thought it was horsetail too, but it's got small white flowers. Does anyone know what this is? 

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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Bit difficult to see but it looks like Hairy Bittercresss maybe?
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    That's Bittercress - has exploding seed pods and seeds get everywhere, especially in pots, and yours looks like it's about to release.  Pull them up asap as the seeds can take only 5 weeks from germination to seeding themselves!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've found them growing in a pile of sand and in a bucket of water. They'll grow anywhere!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PyraPyra Posts: 152
    Great, thanks! 
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