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  1. rustyroots

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    Hi All, I have these popping up everywhere in the front garden. Any idea what they are?

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    Look like young willowherb seedlings to me.
     
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      I was just about to type the name and say I have loads when wham!
      I've gone blank. I'm in the fifth week of recovering from covid and I can tell you, it rots your brain cells. Some one better answer this quick because I won't sleep tonight if I can't remember it
       
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        I think it's valerianella locusta, corn salad. Tiny white flowers and it's meant to be edible.
        I had to scroll back through hundreds of photos to find some that were growing beneath a leycesteria as I knew I'd named it.....at least I think I've got the right stuff:noidea:
         
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          Well, thanks, @flounder! Now I know it's proper name, I'll drop the epithet I've been using :biggrin:
          I think the OP's weed is probably willowherb, though. It looks awfully familiar....
           
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            No, not convinced with a willow herb. I know there are hundreds of different types, most which grow in my garden, but the initial growth is very similar to myosotis, not epilobium
             
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            Great Willowherb (plus Hairy Bittercress and Dandelion).
             
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              Just remembered a common name for them, lambs lettuce. I still don't think it's epilobium, but we'll see in about three months time
               
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                I get a lot of that growing too. Ive been pulling it up as a weed. Can I eat it instead then?
                 
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                  I've personally never tried it as I prefer iceberg or romaine! A quick read suggests this was used by peasants as a form of sustenance. I might try it now, as I've been called a lot worse!
                   
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                    It's a badge of honour here :biggrin: The French do still eat all sorts of wild salads. Mache (Lamb's Lettuce), Pissenlit (Dandelion), Pourpier (Purslane), Fat Hen, Amaranthus ....
                     
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                      Ive actually bought a bag of lambs lettuce in Asda in the past and Ive all of a sudden remembered I had a packet of seeds of it last year...I guess that's where its come from. Of course if you don't hear from me again its because I ate it and it wasn't Lambs Lettuce after all...........
                       
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                        Thanks all. I don’t think I will risk eating it and will get rid of it. Didn’t want to get rid if it was something like forget me not ( no such luck).

                        Rusty
                         
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