Plant identification help please
Teresa Hooper
Posts: 22
HI can anyone help me to identify this plant, it is coming up in my daughters garden and she doesn't remember planting/sowing it so I'm assuming it a weed, the biggest is currently is about 12-18 inches tall. I've attached a few photos (best I could do) in the hope of some help. Thank you.
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I can't see a picture.
Sorry I seem to have made a hash of my post and am working on getting the pictures on here (not great with the computer I'm afraid)!
Start with the camera symbol on the right of the typing box
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hopefully you can see the photos now! Apologies
It looks very much like a dock to me but I cannot be 100% sure until I see flowers.
It's not dock, but I have no idea .
Similar leaves to wild chicory, but mine is currently much taller.
Thanks I will try and get some photos once/if it flowers. I was a bit concerned in case it is something nasty that needs to be dealt with quickly. Think I'll get daughter to dig one out to see what sort of root system it has, to give me an idea at least!
Are the stems smooth or do they have small spines?
If it has spines on the leaves and stem it is proberly a teasel, the birds love the seeds but beware it does like scattering them about.