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Plant ID please?

myclayjunglemyclayjungle Posts: 162
in Problem solving
I previously posted the pic of the root and was advised to re-post when the leaves unfurl.  These are coming up all over a previously overgrown garden that was cleared in the Autumn. This one is about 50cm high and starting what I assume is a flower of some sort. Any ideas what it is? 
Coastal Suffolk/Essex Border- Clay soil

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’m  sure this is like the root I posted a while ago, I knew what it was, just wondered if anyone else did,  it was a Mirabilis,  not sure yet from your flower bud but the root looks similar. 
    I’m probably wrong, usually am with ID. 😀
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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Looking at the roots and emerging flower, it might be Pokeweed, Phytolacca Americana.
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    edited June 2021
    I don't think it is mirabilis; those roots are dark coloured, almost black. The leaves also don't look like them.
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  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    Yes, that’s Phytolacca americana . It has a lot of character, though it’s rather a coarse plant. Distinguished by being the plant used to make the ink in which the American Declaration of Independence was written.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Attractive plant and birds love the berries so it readily is seeded about but it's easy enough to pull up when unwanted seedlings appear.  I love it in the right place but it is poisonous to cattle so care is needed in country gardens.
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