My wild carrots have a much more filigree leaf than that.
I dug up a nigella and the root looks just like yours, somewhat smaller, as was the top, due to some over-enthusiastic weeding in the autumn. What I have now are way behind yours
With carrots, all those very divided leaves come individually from the base of the plant. So at the base there are apparently several stems, you know what the top of a carrot looks like.
Nigella will have one stem with the leaves coming off that.
Hi Winniej. Could they possibly be Limnanthes douglasii - the poached egg plant? This is another prolific self seeder. My neighbour has lots of these seedlings in his garden and they look very similar to yours.
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I'm going to look for a nigella seedling today, pull it up, see what's down there. The photo doesn't show what I'd call a long root.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Place your bets!! I think I had better leave it and see what it does now.....then post back so you can see who won!
Thank you all so much in the meantime. Happy mother's and gardening day!!
Wait a month or two, let them flower then all will be revealed
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Looks like wild carrot to me
My wild carrots have a much more filigree leaf than that.
I dug up a nigella and the root looks just like yours, somewhat smaller, as was the top, due to some over-enthusiastic weeding in the autumn. What I have now are way behind yours
In the sticks near Peterborough
I can'r see from your pic but
With carrots, all those very divided leaves come individually from the base of the plant. So at the base there are apparently several stems, you know what the top of a carrot looks like.
Nigella will have one stem with the leaves coming off that.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Winniej. Could they possibly be Limnanthes douglasii - the poached egg plant? This is another prolific self seeder. My neighbour has lots of these seedlings in his garden and they look very similar to yours.