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Help to identify a plant please

kay_pricekay_price Posts: 3
in Problem solving
I bought some seeds on Amazon called Astrantia!! They were only £1.99 for 10 and so I thought I'd give them a go, loving the plant and knowing how difficult they are to germinate. Well, I didn't get any astrantias but I did get this, so have been growing it in a pot mostly out of curiosity. It germinated out of one of the seeds, so know it was from the pack of ten and not a compost weed.

A bargain is obviously not a bargain when you pay 1.99 online!  Just hope I haven't inadvertently grown a suspect species from an imported seed.

Many thanks

Kay

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  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    Are there prickles on the backs of the leaves, could be Teazel
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    edited July 2021
    Hello Kay and welcome to the forum. It could be a borage seedling. There is another plant called green alkanet that also looks very similar.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    It looks much like the teasel I have growing in my garden - a fabulous plant and the gold finches love it!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That’s a teasel. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • kay_pricekay_price Posts: 3
    Thank you for your replies.  I've had another look at the plant this morning and there are prickles on the front of the leaves. So, having checked out google images, following your thoughts that it is a teasel, I firmly believe it is a teasel.  Shall continue to grow it as we have goldfinches in the garden and I'm sure they will love it.

    Thank you for helping me solve the mystery
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