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Plant ID Help!
Missy Krissy
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Hi all,
Does anyone have any idea what this plant is? We took over the garden a couple of years ago and I've been busy clearing and creating new planting spaces. These came up last year and we now have a fair few in our borders!! Is it a weed?!
Many thanks! 
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Looks like some sort of euphorbia/spurge. They can be quite striking when they flower. Be careful when handling though - their sap can burn your skin - wear gloves and beware of your eyes.
Looks like Euphorbia lathyrus to me.
https://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/Mole_Plant/
It self seeds freely and often springs up in freshly disturbed soil.
A striking plant but as Chicky says, do beware of the sap as it can burn.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As the others have said - a weed Euphorbia (lathyrus) not one of the cultivated forms. They spring up at this time of year and can get to a decent size too. It would be chucked here too if I got it Verd
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hahahaha!! Oooooh! Thanks guys for your feedback! This is the smallest of them... The others in one of the front borders are huge!! Probably not good to have around with a little girl and a bouncy dog! Its on my hit list for the weekend now!!