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Identification help with chicory like plant

pineapplemint86OmnPCUG2pineapplemint86OmnPCUG2 Posts: 3
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Hi

Please could you help me identify a plant that I thought was chicory when I saw the flowers at first.

Leaves seem different and flower stems more elongated. About 1.5m in height.

I stupidly waited to post so haven't got a photo of the flowers, only seed heads.

Pale blue lilac flowers, fluffy seed heads, big leaves.

thanks!
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Could it be Catananche caerulea ?
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Leaves look wrong for Catanche.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • pineapplemint86OmnPCUG2pineapplemint86OmnPCUG2 Posts: 3
    Thanks for the suggestion 😊
    ...the flower shape is similar to catanache but without the dark centre. The leaves and overall size are different though.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Can we see a photo of an open bloom?

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





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I would say that is chicory,  by the leaves,  the seed heads and the last picture of buds. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree @lyn … wild chicory … Cichorium intybus. 

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





  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    The leaves of my chicory (Chicorium intybus) aren't at all like that - they're longer and narrower and jagged, like the pictures on this site https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/chicory-cichorium-intybus/

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I agree @JennyJ, the leaves on mine are more like Dandelions.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’ve found that the leaves vary quite a bit from plant to plant … I’ve seen some where the leaves at the base are more shield-shaped .. a bit like sorrel.  

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





  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    When a friend of mine saw it before the flowers were out, she thought it was a sow thistle.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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