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Old 04-08-2009, 03:30 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Des Higgins wrote:

Wild guess: Chenopodium or Atriplex of some kind. These are usually
around a foot or foot and a half or so tall and are common weeds of
cultivated ground and some are grown/used to be grown for medicinal or
culinary purposes. The most famous has the unlikely name of
Chenopodium bonus-henricus or Good King Henry.


Goosefoot is pretty well-known, too - and edible.

Not a very good fit to your leaf but possible?


As you say, there are many others. Pictures of the plant and more
of the leaves (and preferably flowers) would help.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.