Can anyone identify this?

[Lostmyunicorn]

Hi this is my first post although I've been reading threads here for a while. I got this in a box at a fair - it's not labelled and I don't know what conditions it would like. Can anyone tell me what it is?

[traviata]

I don't know but I like those leaves!

[Lostmyunicorn]

Yes it's pretty isn't it? I'm hoping someone will come along who knows what it is so I don't inadvertently kill it by putting it in the wrong place.

[Idontknowwhoiam]

I also like your tablecloth! The plant looks familiar.. I'll ask my grandfather if no one has answered by the time in get chance!

[Idontknowwhoiam]

Possibly a tomato plant!

[Gatekeeper]

Astilbe? A lot of them have the toothed leaf set like that

[P1nkP0ppy]

I've got a bigger version of this, about 3' high, no label.
Sorry 😳

[Evergreen17]

A marygold variety

[stareatthetvscreen]

yy i thought marigold too

[Gatekeeper]

is the stem green and sappy or is in browner and harder? Rub one of the leaves...is it pungent?

[Lostmyunicorn]

I don't think it's a tomato - the leaf pattern is very sharply pointed. And it seems too elongated a leaf for a marigold. I might have to plant it and see what happens next. Thanks for all your ideas though - and the compliments on the tablecloth, it was a little kids' version of twister that they grew out of so I've upcycled it to be the garden tablecloth!

[justdontevenfuckingstart]

Have tries reverse imaging but am only getting pictures that look like your tablecloth! If you take a picture with a plain background you might have some luck doing it.

[Lostmyunicorn]

The stem is a dark red brown at the base and lightens into green nearer the top. It's only a tiddler of a plant so far (3inches or so) but the stem is already quite woody. Does that help narrow it down at all?

[Gatekeeper]

If its woody then it wont be marigold.
does it smell ? Rub a leaf between your fingers and have a sniff

[Lostmyunicorn]

They have no perceptible smell. The leaves are soft, almost velvety to the touch, but not pungent at all. It's a mystery!

[stareatthetvscreen]

plantlust.com/blog/2015/05/the-jagged-edge-serrated-foliage-round-up/

this?

[ExcuseMyEyebrows]

www.google.co.uk/search?q=rowan+leaves&client=ms-android-hms-tef-//gb&prmd=misvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjygrOm2-nNAhVMLcAKHe5wC6IQ_AUICCgC&biw=360&bih=559#imgrc=4NHFrGmRbbogVM%3A Rowan?

[Lostmyunicorn]

Thanks so much everyone - I think it might be a form of melianthus. I hadn't quite realised it might grow to 7' - I'm very short of space for shrubs - but I will try it in a largish pot and see what it does.