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Plant identification

julia.hall2461julia.hall2461 Posts: 63
in Fruit & veg
Does anyone recognise this plant? They were bought as sweet pepper seeds but certainly don’t look like the sweet peppers I grew last year!!!!

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Photo?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • julia.hall2461julia.hall2461 Posts: 63

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    They look like piperaceae that produce peppercorns  in tropical countries, not capsicums that we call sweet peppers.
  • julia.hall2461julia.hall2461 Posts: 63
    Thank you! It had a pic of red sweet peppers on packet 😂🤣
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Where did you get the seeds from?

  • julia.hall2461julia.hall2461 Posts: 63
    Wilko 
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    I think it could be Polygonum odoratum or Vietnamese coriander. Which is actually not a coriander!
    East Anglia
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I didn't think it looked exactly like pepper (the spice) or vietnamese coriander but I don't recognise it, so I put the pic in the RHS's plant identification tool and it came up with a 94.69% match for Persicaria lapathifolia https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/pale-persicaria .
    If I were you I'd be emailing Wilko with your picture and a picture of the seed packet if you still have it. The worst they can do is nothing and you might get a refund or new seeds for next year. Too late for this year's peppers though, unless you can buy well-grown plants from a garden centre.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I agree with Jenny,  water pepper. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • julia.hall2461julia.hall2461 Posts: 63
    Thank you everyone! Is it edible or do I need to discard it immediately? 
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