Common weed - but what is it?

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    These are really common, and I remember them as a child, but have no idea what they are called?

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    It looks like grounsel (sp) but I wont be sure.
     
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    It looks like groundsel but I wont be sure.
     
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    A quick google would suggest that you are right moyra - thanks :)

    Funny, we used to call them 'gas weeds' when we were kids, goodness only knows where we got that from.
     
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    groundsel. my chooks love them
     
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    Grows like wildfire apparently - the garden borders at work were completely weed free when I went on holiday just over two weeks ago, and they are now crawling with the stuff!
     
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    The name comes from Old English Grundeswylige meaning Groundswallower.
     
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      Lives up to its name then! Thanks Zigs :)
       
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      We used to pull them to hang in the budgies cage cos birds love them as do the Chooks.

      That's funny that first post of mine where I spelt it wrong disappeared that is why I posted it again correcting the spelling. Must be going nuts.
       
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      caterpillars love it here.
       
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      Senecio vulgaris..In fact not native, as it looks, but native to the Mediterranean region. It was let loose here and has become an accepted part of our flora, probably because it is small and none problematic.
       
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