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ladybird Top Member Posts: 2,310	identification needed please Jun 14, 2013 15:49:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ladybird on Jun 14, 2013 15:49:36 GMT anyone know what this is . My friend is growing it in a tub ,i think its a weed . and here is a flower head about to open

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Post by sweetpea on Jun 14, 2013 16:20:41 GMT

Looks a bit like ragweed LB.
If it is the flowers will be small yellow dandelion like. A food plant for the Burnet moth caterpillars it is poisonous to certain large farm animals.
I can't be absolutely certain on ID though. Perhaps some of the others will know.

I'll get around to it eventually

Fractal Top Member Posts: 1,859	identification needed please Jun 14, 2013 20:51:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fractal on Jun 14, 2013 20:51:40 GMT As soon as I saw it sweetpea I thought the same! Definitely Ragwort, though I think you mean this too Ragweed is a wind pollinated member of the daisy family from America and looks quite different.

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Jun 14, 2013 20:51:40 GMT Fractal said:

As soon as I saw it sweetpea I thought the same! Definitely Ragwort, though I think you mean this too

Ragweed is a wind pollinated member of the daisy family from America and looks quite different.

Thanks Steve and Sweetpea. I thought it was similar to the many though smaller weeds i have pulled up over the years . My friend will be dissapointed she has nurtured it so, insists it was s geranium of sorts

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Jun 14, 2013 20:51:40 GMT Fractal said:

As soon as I saw it sweetpea I thought the same! Definitely Ragwort, though I think you mean this too

Ragweed is a wind pollinated member of the daisy family from America and looks quite different.

Hi SteveN, you know I tend to get my worts and weeds mixed up

I'll get around to it eventually

Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	identification needed please Jun 15, 2013 13:57:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Jun 15, 2013 13:57:21 GMT Def ragowrt, very poisonous to horses too.
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Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	identification needed please Jun 15, 2013 13:57:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Jun 15, 2013 13:57:38 GMT Even ragwort!!
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Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	identification needed please Jun 15, 2013 17:52:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Jun 15, 2013 17:52:15 GMT Jun 15, 2013 13:57:21 GMT Rosie said: Def ragowrt, very poisonous to horses too. You been on the Tea again Rosie.
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Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	identification needed please Jun 17, 2013 8:11:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Jun 17, 2013 8:11:48 GMT Jun 15, 2013 17:52:15 GMT Tel said: Jun 15, 2013 13:57:21 GMT Rosie said: Def ragowrt, very poisonous to horses too. You been on the Tea again Rosie. I did make it a bit strong Tel
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steve2t Senior Member Posts: 312	identification needed please Jun 17, 2013 10:24:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve2t on Jun 17, 2013 10:24:32 GMT Looks a bit like "plant of the century"

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	identification needed please Jun 18, 2013 4:31:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Jun 18, 2013 4:31:23 GMT Oy! Beautiful 'Rozanne' looks nothing like Ragwort! By the way, I only found out recently that she was discovered in a garden very near here...at Kilve, just along the coast.
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