Mystery Weed
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K writes:
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| There is one leaf in the picture, a little way up from the bottom RH
| corner, which could superficially be mistaken for Enchanter's
| Nightshade. The others are wrong, being too dull and too undulating -
| Enchanter's Nightshade leaves are small and lie smoothly.
Hmm. It may well be that what I have is not that - I shall have to let
one weed flower and identify it properly.
| But the killer is the flowers which are unmistakeably
| forget-me-not/comfrey family and are right for comfrey. And totally
| wrong for Enchanter's nightshade (which has small flowers towards the
| top of the shoots).
I misread the picture, and thought that they were extraneous.
| It is perfectly possible for some of the comfreys to have small leaves,
| especially when growing in shade or poor soil.
I should be flabberghasted if the common one grew like that, though.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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