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What are the English and botanical names for this weed?

PeterJarvisPeterJarvis Posts: 123
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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Sow Thistle. Sonchus Oleraceus.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's a Sowthistle - probably the prickly one Sonchus asper.

    I don't know what you mean by the English name, but the common name is Sowthistle.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 946
    edited June 2021
    Also called Hare’s Lettuce
    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    More common names here: https://www.iewf.org/weedid/Sonchus_oleraceus.htm

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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