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Can anyone tell me what weed this is

Hi 
Have just moved to a new property which had a very overgrown garden which has taken a year to clear .... I know very overgrown 
we have also inherited a stream and growing on this bank is a board leaf plant /weed which (I have also noticed it popping up in the garden area as well ), I cannot identify can anyone help ? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Arum maculatum ... a fascinating native wild flower 
    More info in my post on this thread
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/comment/2310550#Comment_2310550

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





  • InglezinhoInglezinho Posts: 568
    It is also called "Jack-in-the Pulpit". A fantastic British wild native which will flower in very shady conditions, with Peace Lily type flowers. Please keep it, it will move easily.
    Everyone likes butterflies. Nobody likes caterpillars.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited March 2021
    It goes by many aliases!
    Aaron
    Adam and Eve
    adder's meat
    adder's root
    arrowroot
    bloody man's finger
    bobbin' Joan
    bobbing Jane
    bobbins
    boys and girls
    brown dragons
    bulls and cows
    calf's foot
    cobbler's thumb
    cocky baby
    devil's ladies and gentlemen
    devil's men and women
    English passion flower
    friar's cowl
    Gethsemane
    jack-in-a-box
    jack-in-the-pulpit
    Kitty-come-down-the-lane
    lamb in a pulpit
    lily grass
    mandrake
    naked ladies
    nightingales
    parson and clerk
    parson in the pulpit
    Portland arrowroot
    Portland sago plant
    Portland starchroot
    priest's pintle
    rampe
    snake's victuals
    starch flower
    starch plant
    wake-robin
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Definitely a good thing—and it suggests you could try some of the ornamental forms such as Arum italicum ‘Pictum’ as well.
  • So much knowledge thank you everyone 
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