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Anyone know what this is ?

Karen491Karen491 Posts: 3
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Growing along side of  footpath through farmland seems to come up in same place each year 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    Burdock. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dovefromabove said:
    Burdock. 
    dandelion's best mate
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hostafan1 said:
    Dovefromabove said:
    Burdock. 
    dandelion's best mate
    😋 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Karen491Karen491 Posts: 3
    Great thank you it's quite a handsome weed ! 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    less weed : more wild flower
    Devon.
  • Karen491Karen491 Posts: 3
    Yes of course you are right that's really what a weed is, also says it's a vegetable presumably because you can use the root. Thanks for your help.☺
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    A handsome thing indeed ... as long as you don't have a Golden retriever or Afghan hound or similarly coated companion ... getting those burrs out of their coats is 'fun'  :#

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Try to remove a bottom leaf...look at the stalk.
    If it is hollow then it is Arctium minus....common name lesser burdock.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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