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A weed/wildflower ID please.

FireFire Posts: 19,096
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Any ideas? I planted a lot of wild flower seed in the autumn and have no idea if these are intentional. Thanks






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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited February 2021
    At a guess, I'd say an umbellifer of some kind, such as wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa.)
    Edit:  I'm sure I've seen some poppy seedlings look like that, too.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Jude27Jude27 Posts: 10
    edited February 2021
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Thanks @BobTheGardener - it would be entirely thrilling if it were either. I planted both in the spring.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Any other ideas? Thoughts welcome.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    How about Lady's Smock, Cardamine pratensis?
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Not Cardamine, that has a much finer, daintier leaf.
    Puts me in mind of Hogweed, but it isn't quite as coarse as that, so wild parsnip seems a good shout!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Possibly Wall lettuce ... Mycelis muralis  ?

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





  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Thanks. I will keep them in and see what emerges. They do look evenly spaced so suggest I did plant them on purpose.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    These have grown on - flat to the ground. Any more thoughts - wild parsnip, poppies?  It somehow seems unlikely.


  • garyd52garyd52 Posts: 51
    It's definately not a Poppy either European or otherwise , it could be sow thistle and you'll soon know if it produces an tall upright flower stem with a mass of small dandelion like flowers atop .
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