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Thread Author: bathtub tom Replies: 6
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New Mon 7 Jun 10 10:50 
 Can anyone identify this plant? - bathtub tom
It started growing in a corner of my garden and I left it to see what it was, but I can't identify it, it's about 500mm high. SWMBO swears it's a weed!

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New Mon 7 Jun 10 12:35 
 Can anyone identify this plant? - Bazzabear
Isn't a weed just a plant which is undesirable?
So whether it is or isn't is entirely dependant on whether you like it or not!
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New Mon 7 Jun 10 13:23 
 Can anyone identify this plant? - Crankcase
Have a go with the online identification tool at

www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/content/SEARCH.ASP


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New Mon 7 Jun 10 13:43 
 Can anyone identify this plant? - TheManWithNoName
I can't say I know what it is but the leaf looks familiar. I'm sure I've seen them in my garden but pulled them up before they've flowered.
If it is a weed then it isn't entirely unattractive.
If they were bunched together in a tub and mixed with something else it would look ok.
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New Mon 7 Jun 10 14:31 
 Can anyone identify this plant? - NortonES2
Its a dandelion, or at least in the same family, and having had a quick check in my books, it seems to be similar to "orange hawkweed".
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New Mon 7 Jun 10 14:31 
 Can anyone identify this plant? - bathtub tom
Thanks Crankcase, it seems SWMBO was right. Looks like orange hawkweed to me.

tinyurl.com/25bankt

Snap!
Last edited by: bathtub tom {p} on Mon 7 Jun 10 at 14:33
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New Tue 8 Jun 10 09:52 
 Can anyone identify this plant? - tyro
There were several in the lawn at my last house. I thought they were so attractive that I mowed around them.
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