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Please ID my 'Wildflower'

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TheSpottedZebra · 02/03/2025 20:19

Gardeners! Please tell me what this lovely weed Wildflower is.
It's the rosette thing, nestled amongst self-seeded nigellas.

It looks carrotty- is it a cow parsley?

Please ID my 'Wildflower'
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RollerSkateLikePeggy · 02/03/2025 20:30

Possibly a cranesbill?

Fieldings15 · 02/03/2025 20:31

I’d guess cow parsley…

sSssssssssssssOOO · 02/03/2025 20:43

AI says

The plant in the image is likely Chaerophyllum temulum, also known as rough chervil. While it has been used in folk medicine in small doses, it can cause gastrointestinal distress, cardiac weakness, vertigo, and drowsiness if eaten. It can also spread rapidly and outcompete native plants. It's important to note that while wild chervil itself isn't poisonous, it can be mistaken for other very poisonous plants in the carrot family

sSssssssssssssOOO · 02/03/2025 20:45

Copy the image and paste it into google search

NoBinturongsHereMate · 03/03/2025 00:52

Pretty sure it's a cranesbill/wild geranium. If it has a foul smell when you touch it, it's stinking Robert.

Geneticsbunny · 03/03/2025 07:40

I dont think it's wild cranes bill because the leaves are too divided up.
Definitely don't eat it. There are a couple of really poisonous things which looks like this. Could maybe be cow parsley but I would wait till it flowers. To be definite and then Would only be certain because of the distinctive smell.

Somethingthecatdraggedin7 · 03/03/2025 07:44

Looks like cranesbill to me

Seeline · 03/03/2025 07:47

I'd go with cranesbill too.

NoBinturongsHereMate · 03/03/2025 10:47

Geneticsbunny · 03/03/2025 07:40

I dont think it's wild cranes bill because the leaves are too divided up.
Definitely don't eat it. There are a couple of really poisonous things which looks like this. Could maybe be cow parsley but I would wait till it flowers. To be definite and then Would only be certain because of the distinctive smell.

I agree with don't eat it.

But disagree that the leaves are too divided to be a cranesbill. Herb Robert has very divided leaves https://medigran.nl/product/geranium-robertianum-robertskruid/

(Why anyone would pay money for it is a mystery)

TheSpottedZebra · 03/03/2025 10:47

Thanks all. I certainly won't eat it! I also wont sniff it, as it's splattered in pigeon shite.

I'll keep it for a bit, and see what it becomes. Cranesbill is the wild version of geranium, right? Is it especially agressive? I'm 9n heavy clay if that's relevant, and that area has half sun but tends to dry as it's under an ash tree (full of wood pigeons).

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TheSpottedZebra · 03/03/2025 10:49

Ooh, cross post! Its leaves seem a fair bit darker than those of the Herb Robert that I battle out the front. I've only just twigged what that is!

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NoBinturongsHereMate · 03/03/2025 10:50

Cranesbill spreads very easily, but has very shallow roots so it's a doddle to pull out.

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