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Hondo75

Hi
What are these plants are they invasive ? Thx

Big green leaves..

F.R.

Hondo75 wrote: »

Hi
What are these plants are they invasive ? Thx

Big green leaves..

Giant rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria yes it is invasive.

See here for details.

Velvet shank

F.R. wrote: »

Giant rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria yes it is invasive.

See here for details.

don't think so...looks like Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) - a native species

swifts need our help!

Yes Petasites. Lovely pink flowers before the leaves

Petasites from the Greek for a hat with a wide brim

Desmo

Velvet shank wrote: »

don't think so...looks like Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) - a native species

Good call; definitely not Gunnera; related to P.fragrans aka rats' umbrellas, which is not native, but Butterbur is.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It is a gunnera. Butterbur and gunnera are both common around here and Butterbur it is certainly not.

Hondo75

Will get a sample later and take more pictures Thx

Alun

If it is Gunnera, and it looks like it, then following on from the recent thread on the dangers of Giant Hogweed, be careful should you decide to remove it. While not in the same league as Hogweed, it can cause an allergic rash in some people.

magicbastarder

are the leaves rought to the touch? how big are they?

Hondo75

Leaves are rough to touch and pointy, stalk has a purple color. Leaves are medium size up to large. could be wild rhubarb?

Hondo75

Pictures ,have included another plant for identification..

Alun

Looks like Gunnera to me. Do the larger stalks have small spikes on them?

Last one looks like this ...

http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/179a.html

Velvet shank

Definitely Butterbur! no more than a very superficial resemblance to Gunnera

agree the last pic is Bush vetch.

Hondo75

will check later..

Hondo75

http://www.geograph.ie/photo/3143471

this is butterbar, the ones i see dont look the same

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Leaves are much too large for butterbur . gunners or wild rhubarb for sure

Other is defiantly vetch.

Velvet shank

Reginald Delightful Flare wrote: »

Leaves are much too large for butterbur . gunners or wild rhubarb for sure

Other is defiantly vetch.

from 'Webbs An Irish Flora'... 'Petasites hybridus. Butterbur.....Leaves very like those of T. farfara, but much larger, up to 90cm across'.

I don't see anything in the photos posted to suggest the leaves exceed 90cm in width, nor even come close to it. It's Butterbur.

magicbastarder

gunnera stalks look thorny underneath; the one in the picture above does not seem to show this.

Desmo

Velvet shank wrote: »

from 'Webbs An Irish Flora'... 'Petasites hybridus. Butterbur.....Leaves very like those of T. farfara, but much larger, up to 90cm across'.

I don't see anything in the photos posted to suggest the leaves exceed 90cm in width, nor even come close to it. It's Butterbur.

For the second time today; I agree with Butterbur.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petasites_hybridus_leaf.JPG
If we cannot agree, we should set up a sweepstake.
Currently I think it is even money Gunnera and 5 to 4 on for Butterbur

Ulmus

Butterbur, I'd say. The stems don't have the fierce thorns of Gunnera.

mecksimay

It's not Gunnera, looks more like Butterbur to me (see http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages/433a.html)

Hondo75

Just seen a Gunnera in the local park, definatly noticed its spikes.. These ones dont have spikes on stalks Thx for all help..