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Another ID please ♥️

I am pulling this up left, right and centre...what is it please? Xx

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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Its euphorbia peplus aka milkweed, petty spurge and a few others.  There are garden varieties but goodness knows why anyone would want to grow it on purpose.

    Easy to pull out which is just as well because seeds like mad  :)
    "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
  • Thank you @herbaceous , relieved to hear I'm not pulling out anything precious! 
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    edited August 2020
    Absolutely not precious, personally I can't stand spurge in any form but that's just me  :)
    "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
  • Watch out for the white sap, it can irritate your skin, the usual advice is to wear gloves. I don't, because I'm obstinate and like to live dangerously  ;)

    And I don't like euphorbia either!
  • Thanks @strelitzia32 ....I’ve just been pulling them out with bare hands too, but will take heed! Xx
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Be especially careful in sunlight and never rub your eyes after touching it as you can do a damage that takes ages to clear up with special treatments.

    I don't like euphorbia in any shape or form either, including poinsettias sold for Xmas decs.  Yuk yuk yuk.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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