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Does anyone know what this plant is?

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Buddy80 · 02/04/2015 11:58

I have been trying to work out what this is, chickweed, maybe?

Any thoughts, please? It looks good enough to eat! Smile

Does anyone know what this plant is?
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stupidgreatgrinonmyface · 02/04/2015 12:02

Don't know what it is called, but we have something similar in our garden. It gets small, pretty, pink flowers on it in the early summer, so is allowed to stay in the garden. It's been there years and hasn't really spread more than a few inches.

Owllady · 02/04/2015 12:03

It stinks? We've got loads too. I know it's a weed of some sort

BuzzardBird · 02/04/2015 12:08

Its a member of the geranium family. It's called herb robert if you want to look it up

eddiemairswife · 02/04/2015 12:08

do the leaves turn reddish later in the year, and does it have a pungent(not unpleasant) when picked. If so it could be Herb Robert.

BuzzardBird · 02/04/2015 12:09

Knicked off internet

This pretty little member of the geranium family (Geranium robertianum) is common at woodland edges and shaded roadsides. It generally grows to about a foot (30 cm) high, and its distinctive deep red, hairy, stems contrast sharply with the bright green finely divided hairless leaves. It is named after Robert of Moleme, an 11th century healer.
It was used from the Middle Ages onwards to staunch bleeding and to heal wounds, and also as a poultice on painful joints. Culpeper also recommends it for "the stone" and to cure old ulcers "in the privities and other parts".

BuzzardBird · 02/04/2015 12:11

Sorry those answers applied to stupid, just noticed your leaves are different...off to Google some more.

BuzzardBird · 02/04/2015 12:19

Think it is Aquilegia

eddiemairswife · 02/04/2015 12:20

Having looked closer at the leaves it could be a type of corydalis.

Buddy80 · 02/04/2015 13:17

Yes, it seems to have a rounded leaf shape.

Thank you for all the replies.

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Lunaballoon · 02/04/2015 13:18

Another vote for Aquilega.

EdithWeston · 02/04/2015 13:23

I think it's a corydalis lutea - does it have yellow flowers in spring?

Buddy80 · 02/04/2015 15:18

Edith I don't know, only recently moved.

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Buddy80 · 02/04/2015 15:19

I did have a look and the leaf pattern is very much alike the Corydalis lutea

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bilbodog · 02/04/2015 17:00

its not aquilega - it is corydalis lutea, just looked it up.

Buddy80 · 02/04/2015 19:05

Thank you everyone for helping Smile

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Ferguson · 02/04/2015 22:06

I wondered if it could be Maidenhair fern.

You'll have to wait and see if yellow flowers come in due course.

BuzzardBird · 03/04/2015 12:57

That's what it reminds me of Ferguson I just couldn't put my finger on it. It has that soft look about it. Is it that plant that always dies first when you get given a basket arrangement of plants?

Buddy80 · 15/04/2015 07:54

Hi all, it is indeed corydalis lutea...now flowering. Thank you very much for all your help.

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