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18-09-2018, 04:43 PM
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What's this that popped up?

This has appeared in my garden and I can't identify it, please help!
It's pretty but is it a weed?






Not the Verbena the pink one.
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18-09-2018, 04:48 PM
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Hmmm, you got me there Tess . .

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18-09-2018, 04:59 PM
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Re: What's this that popped up?

Nearest I can find is Joe Pye Weed but leaves are not quite the same...
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18-09-2018, 05:07 PM
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Re: What's this that popped up?

Hemp-Agrimony! Not related to Cannabis phew!
I did wonder because of leaf shape!
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18-09-2018, 05:09 PM
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Re: What's this that popped up?

Only the lower leaves have the typical 3- or 5-lobed hemp-type leaves, which are in opposite pairs ; the upper leaves are just single oval in opposite pairs. All leaves are oval, pointed and toothed and similar to those of Hemp (Cannabis sativa), hence the name.

No relation to : Agrimony [a plant with similar name]. Nor is it, despite the name, related to Hemp nor to Cannabis, which refers more to the shape and pattern of the leaves than to any psychotropic substances. Nor to Bifid Hemp-Nettle, Common Hemp-Nettle, Large-Flowered Hemp-Nettle or Red Hemp-Nettle since Hemp-nettles belong to the Mint and Dead-nettle Family.

Grows beside freshwater such as streams, canals, fens and in damp woods. Sometimes in drier places.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature : The leaves in opposite pairs of three with the umbel of pinkish-red flowers atop.

Hemp-agrimony is a hemicryptophyte, meaning the flower buds start off on or near the soil surface like they do in Dandelion. Like Dandelion, the seeds are borne by the wind on a pappus, or parachute.
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18-09-2018, 05:13 PM
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Re: What's this that popped up?

Butterflies like it so I'll leave it where t'is!
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18-09-2018, 10:08 PM
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Re: What's this that popped up?

Tess, just looked Agrimony and found this:

https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/disc...ecies/agrimony

Common Agrimony seems to be a yellow flower, but as you say Hemp Agrimony looks like yours.
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19-09-2018, 06:34 AM
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Re: What's this that popped up?

Not sure,maybe the wind blew the seeds into your garden,even a bird,dropping their seeds,..it doesn't look like a weed,it's very pretty.
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19-09-2018, 08:04 AM
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Yes, Pauline, I think it probably was bird seed, I can't see it in anyone else's garden.
It's going over now, fluffy, it was even prettier in full flower.
I wonder if it will spread, after all a weed is only a plant in the wrong place
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19-09-2018, 09:28 AM
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Agree that it looks like Hemp-agrimony .


https://www.wildflower.co.uk/wildflo...er-plants.html

 
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