What's this?

Bought it as a flower, have I been robbed?


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?? Looks like salad rocket??

 

I agee with Jenny, should taste a bit peppery. No doupt it will flower, so no trade description clause!

Cheers, Tony.

 

Looks like a Dandelion to me

 

Too delicate for Dandelion methinks Zigs,
Jenny

 

The leaf ends of a dandylion are usually quite semi circular.

Cheers, Tony.

 

Looks like it could be mustard leaf, possibly 'Green Frills'



Or a blanched dandelion devastated by slugs?

 

Erm ... that very much depends on your personal perspective.

I'm in agreement with Jenny in that my first thought was rocket. Although Zigs has a point (and both of them have way, way more gardening experience under their belts than I have )

However, either could be right, in which case, both will flower

 

I don't think it's a dandelion I can take more close up pics if needed, I was going to throw it away and plant something else in the pot, now I don't know what to do.


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If it's rocket, keep it, harvest it and don't let it run to seed! (E.g. flower, get fertilized by buzzy bees and then have the flower head turn into a seed head).

Don't throw it away either; rocket is great in salads this time of year - even dandelion leaves make a (free!) and tasty addition to the salad bowl.

Harry123: this is what gardening is all about; identify it, understand it, then use it accordingly Even if you decide you don't like it (and, just so long as it isn't a weed), pop it on your compost so it can regenerate it's energy into giving you a lovely mulch in a year (or two).

 

I agree it looks very similar to the rocket leaf and dandelion but also looks like
Lactuca biennis which does also flower.

 

Thanks for all the info I think you've convinced me to leave it for now lol.


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You can buy cultivars of the regular dandelion, that grow much bigger than the ones so many mis-name as weeds

 

Don't think I've seen Dandelion leaves go red like that before. Has it got a taproot?