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Is this a weed?

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Wontsomebodyplsthinkofthecats · 10/07/2020 12:25

Hi can anyone tell me if this is a weed or not please? I have a few of them growing in a boarder. Thanks Smile

Is this a weed?
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Beebumble2 · 10/07/2020 12:29

It looks like a type of Veronica, not a weed. The flowers are probably purple.

Wontsomebodyplsthinkofthecats · 10/07/2020 12:32

Oh lovely thank you! I did try to ID it with an ap but couldn't find a match. I'll hold off pulling it up and wait for it to flower.

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Knittedfairies · 10/07/2020 12:47

It looks like lambsquarter to me, which is a weed although an edible one; a bit like spinach. Don't eat it though - someone may know what it really is!

MereDintofPandiculation · 10/07/2020 15:42

It's a chenopodium - lambsquarter is one. Only you can tell if it's a weed - a weed is a plant that you don't want. There isn't a subdivision of plants called "weed". Something you nurture in you garden maybe something I weed out of mine whenever I see it.

WTFisthisabout · 10/07/2020 16:38

There isn't a subdivision of plants called "weed"

True but I was asked "What is a weed?" as one of my university interview questions by a Professor of Plant Sciences Grin

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