Thread: Plant ID please
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Old 09-05-2011, 08:20 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Plant ID please

On May 9, 6:06*pm, Stewart Robert Hinsley
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On 09/05/2011 12:33, - wrote:
Hi,


Please can someone tell me what this "weed" is, growing in my garden in
West Yorkshire. The plants grow to about 40cm tall and the flowers are
8mm across.


http://i53.tinypic.com/mr9qv9.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/5yd851.jpg


Thanks.


A member of the Boraginacae family, possibly Alkanet.


I agree with alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens).
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Looks as if it's Green Alkanet
see http://www.flickr.com/photos/23985194@N06/5626344994/