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What is this plant, please?

michael80908michael80908 Posts: 4
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It looks a little thistle-y but the leaves are not so spikey as those on the thistles growing nearby.  The leaves are also a little more waxy.  Thanks for any assistance!


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  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    edited 23 February
    Beach poppy, do you live near the seaside ? or an African Daisy maybe ot jus another thistle.

    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • michael80908michael80908 Posts: 4
    @Kili not near the seaside... Gloucestershire.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    something like a Sow Thistle and a bit of Creeping Buttercup



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree @nutcutlet … I’d say that’s Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus Asper) with invading Creeping buttercup. 😊 

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





  • michael80908michael80908 Posts: 4
    Ah so it looks like a consensus is forming!  Didn't know there were so many types of thistle :-0  and is it a creeping buttercup or a meadow buttercup?  From pictures online it seems that the meadow buttercup has slightly more wispy (rather than creepy!) foliage, like in the picture?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's much taller than the creeping type @michael80908  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We’ll have more idea which when it flowers … Meadow Buttercup will be much taller than Creeping. 

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





  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    If you are going to wait for it to flower there will be quite a bit more creeping buttercup by then. It might creep up on you, but it's not slow!
  • michael80908michael80908 Posts: 4
    It's going to give me nightmares!  There is some other similar foliage elsewhere that looks meadowy rather than creepy so I'm hoping that it's meadow rather than creeping buttercup.  Prefer the sound of meadow buttercup!
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    It’s just a thistle . Dig it up 
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