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Plant Identification help needed please

EscarpmentEscarpment Posts: 53
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I've noticed these two plants growing at the base of my silver birch trees for the last 2/3 years. I've never seen them flower. One has very solid green leaves and the other is a more mottled colour. The top suggestion from the plant id app I use is Alexanders, but I've never spotted that growing anywhere in my location (Somerset/Dorset border - and I go out for walks most weeks looking for wild flowers). Anyone got a firm ID? 


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Can you have a look at the stems for us please … is there a groove running up them?

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





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Alexanders ?
    https://www.wildfooduk.com/edible-wild-plants/alexanders/


    Devon.
  • EscarpmentEscarpment Posts: 53
    Yes the stems have a groove like a thin celery stem. And the leaves smell rather pleasantly of celery. The plant app suggested Alexanders but it's something I've never noticed growing locally.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Celery smell suggest Celery or Lovage.


    In the sticks near Peterborough
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