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ID for plant please

vmderozvmderoz Posts: 6
vmderoz says:
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Plant appearing in the hundreds on area of garden which was formerly a field. no such plants appearing in remaining adjoining field.

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  • MrMahoniaMrMahonia Posts: 82

    white cranes bill 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Could we see a photo showing which  leaves belong to this plant please.

    Not a cranesbill



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,143

    It looks like a white flax (linseed) to me Linum, often grown by farmers for the seeds (they are oil-riched and used in animal feed, or as linseed oil) or sometimes grown on areas of land to attract game birds and other wildlife.  


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





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    That's it, I knew it looked familiarimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,143

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





  • vmderozvmderoz Posts: 6

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    Thanks for your comments. This is a photo of the leaves on one of the plants yet to flower. The leaves have a slight grey/green hue to them. I didn't think these leaves looked like flax but could it still be a variety?

  • arneilarneil Posts: 313

    Doesn't look like flax nor hemp ?

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Those leaves aren't flax. they look like fat hen or similar which doesn't have flowers like that. Can you make sure the two are one. If they are, then we're wrong.

    I recently spent some time convincing someone that the yellow daisy flowers coming out of the top of a hellebore were two different plantsimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • vmderozvmderoz Posts: 6

    Didn't think it looked quite right- any ideas on a positive ID? image

  • MrMahoniaMrMahonia Posts: 82

    maybe white evening primrose?

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