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Help with identity please

GrafkaalGrafkaal Posts: 4
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Can anyone shed some light on what this plant is?

It came from New Covent Garden Market the other day and even the seller had no idea what it is.

I have searched the internet and have come up with nothing so far!

Hope someone out there can help.

I've added a shot of the whole plant and a close up.

Thanks in advance.

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Pencil cactus (euphorbia tirucalli) ?

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • GrafkaalGrafkaal Posts: 4

    Thanks. Nearly there. It is more "hangy" than the cactus and doesn't seem to have a main stem, just those stems that divide and then divide again. Will continue to hunt along the cactus route. Tastes like wheat grass!

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,503

    You've tasted it ????

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • GrafkaalGrafkaal Posts: 4

    Thanks Tetley, that looks exactly right! Mystery solved.

  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    I wouldn't have tasted it until I knew what it was
  • GrafkaalGrafkaal Posts: 4

    I'm fine! I wrote a book on foraging so know a bit about what signs to avoid! It was more of a bite than a taste anyway!

    Thanks everyone for solving the mystery though!

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