Weed ID

Does anyone know what this is, please?



It has very long tap roots.

 

no ...but looks familure (having not been to that part of the wold often I could well be mistaking it) Do you know how and when it flowers?

 

Black spots on the leaves???

I think I've seen it before, but its not something I'd know the name of.

 

Hi ... it is annual, now, and doesn't flower that I know of ... and I've lived here for nine years. I'm thinking from past years that if I try to uproot it when it's larger (which is difficult because of the long tap root) it has prickly bits at the base ... :dh:

 

Does it look like a Dock leaf Vicky ?

 

It looks like one of the Arums. If it`s spotted then it would be Arum italicum.:gnthb:

 

Victoria, if its annual and doesn't flower, its got a serious problem:wink:

 

In fact, say bye bye to it.:D

 

As it has a tap root, it's probably a perennial .... :dh:
Could be that it doesn't flower because we pull them all up .... :flag:

Looking at the Arum, it sorts of looks similar ... sort of .... didn't realise they just spread themselves around like this ... in my gravel every year (they are dead almond flower blossoms on the gravel in between the unknown).

I shall leave some ... or all as with all this rain for the past three months I can't get out to do anything ... I am a fine-weather gardener ... as see if it flowers and report back.

Thank you all for your thoughts.

 

yeah I thinks its probably dock or a relative...perhaps a bistort (polygonum) they are related to dock.

 

Have changed cameras to the Kodak and dashed out between the showers and sunshine .. (it was doing both at the time) ....





Well, if it is dock as many of you suggest, I have no hope of eradicating it ... :(

 

ah I think its sorrell (which is in the Dock family Rumex acetosa) if it is sorrell leaves will have a very acidic but pleasant taste...but of course I couldnt suggest you taste something unidentified (although I would).

 

Hmmmm, theplantman ... I'll wait till someone else suggests/confirms this before I have a taste .... :skp:

 

.....coward (only kidding)