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Please can you help with identifying the plant/weed that will not go

Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 13:08
by Robert
Good Afternoon, I am hoping that someone can help me I.d this pesky broad leaf invader, I've looked everywhere but to no avail, please see the screen shot.

Re: Please can you help with identifying the plant/weed that will not go

Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 14:47
by Nina
It's really hard to tell with a photo of one leaf, looking straight down on it, as there are quite a few plants that look a bit like that. Are the undersides of the leaf white? If so then it is probably Coltsfoot and here is our entry for it:
https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/pla ... UBJ-3t7m9s
Or it could be Winter Heliotrope:
https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/pla ... UBKN3t7m9s (but that is less likely).
Are there any flowers, flower buds or seed heads? Could you take a photo from the side?
Sorry not to be able to ID it straight away, but other photos or more info would help.

Nina

Re: Please can you help with identifying the plant/weed that will not go

Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 16:29
by lin
Hi Robert
I'm afraid I have to agree with Nina in saying we need a better photo. Is this leaf laying flat? Can to take another photo of it with the grass flattened around the leaf. Is this just a single leaf or are there more coming from the ground?
So sorry for all the questions but I think this could be one of the edible plants so dont dig them up yet.

Lin

Re: Please can you help with identifying the plant/weed that will not go

Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 16:50
by Robert
Hello,ha ha questions are fine, im asking for help, attached are some more pictures, in between down poors, im sorry but i cant 100% recall seeing/not seeing flowers, the edge of the leaf if serated a bit like a nettle, its in big patches near to the ground, the previous owners of my house, used to breed rabbits so I suppose it could be edible..

Re: Please can you help with identifying the plant/weed that will not go

Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 19:20
by lin
Ah, what a brilliant find. You have never seen Nina grovel, neither have I but I will when she see's this - :lol: :lol: :lol:

Its Blue Sow Thistle. Heres the entry we have for it and its a perfectly good feed that your tortoise will enjoy.
https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/pla ... nt=786&c=6

Lin

Re: Please can you help with identifying the plant/weed that will not go

Posted: 31 Jul 2019, 16:20
by Robert
Thank you very much for helping me I.d this plant, I looked everywhere !!

Re: Please can you help with identifying the plant/weed that will not go

Posted: 31 Jul 2019, 17:48
by lin
:roll: And it was here all the time - :lol:

Lin