Plant/Vegetable identification

Wheety

Hi

Does anyone recognise this? Had a large part of the garden covered by several mypex weed sheets for months. Somehow this grew under it and when I removed the sheets at the weekend this very green foliage greeted me. I should have taken a pic of it in the ground but dug it up. Some of the roots are still there so will have to dig again.








The roots were quite soft and broke easily. Initially I thought it smelt like a potato. Also thought it might be ginger but looking online at the leaves of ginger it looks different.

Day Lewin

Suspecting a Solanum of some kind because of potato smell and leaf shape. But there's a lot to choose from!

looksee

Could be horseradish, though I am not sure the leaves are quite right.

Day Lewin

looksee wrote: »

Could be horseradish, though I am not sure the leaves are quite right.

That's what I thought first but the leaves of Horseradish are more like Dock leaves: also the root is quite hard. Maybe growing under the web would leave it softer?

@OP: crush and sniff a bit of the root: Horseradish roots are quite strong and mustard-y, will almost make your eyes water.
Don't taste unless absolutely sure: some plant roots can be highly poisonous.
If it is Monkshood, beware! #dangerous

RebelButtMunch

It's not horseradish. As another poster said, the horseradish leaves are very like doc leaves. So much so, you would easily mistake them.

Wheety

Day Lewin wrote: »

That's what I thought first but the leaves of Horseradish are more like Dock leaves: also the root is quite hard. Maybe growing under the web would leave it softer?

@OP: crush and sniff a bit of the root: Horseradish roots are quite strong and mustard-y, will almost make your eyes water.
Don't taste unless absolutely sure: some plant roots can be highly poisonous.
If it is Monkshood, beware! #dangerous

One of the options that came up during googling was Cassava. Apparently the roots contain Cyanide :eek:

Not sure if that grows in Ireland though?

riffmongous

Wheety wrote: »

One of the options that came up during googling was Cassava. Apparently the roots contain Cyanide :eek:

Not sure if that grows in Ireland though?

Surprisingly similar, but the leaves look different, in number and also in how they are attached to the stem..

standardg60

Looks like a peony rose to me.

God love the poor thing it did its best to grow.