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Weed or plant identification

jonesval245jonesval245 Posts: 1
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hello hello this has arrived in my border for first time unsure what it is and if poison for my sniffing dog it’s a large leaf tall very thin stem growing unusually not in garden before 

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    It's a type of Plantain, more commonly found as a lawn weed.  Best removed before it seeds!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    That looks like a plantain jonesval245, Plantago major (had to look that up  :) )  I think.
    "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
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We used to pick those plantain seedheads for our budgie when I was small. 

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





  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    We used to wrap the stalks round and fire them at each other @Dovefromabove !  Seems my childhood was maybe a bit more aggressive  :D 
    "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
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