Plant ID please

miezekatze

Hi,

Any idea what this is? I thought it was some kind of verbena that grew there last year and came back, but it's much bigger now. Am I growing a huge weed instead? It's like 50cm tall, no flowers or buds yet.

Ms2011

miezekatze wrote: »

Hi,

Any idea what this is? I thought it was some kind of verbena that grew there last year and came back, but it's much bigger now. Am I growing a huge weed instead? It's like 50cm tall, no flowers or buds yet.

Looks like Hemlock to me.
Hemlock would be a weed/wildflower & poisonous.

miezekatze

Ms2011 wrote: »

Looks like Hemlock to me.
Hemlock would be a weed/wildflower & poisonous.

Ah no! I thought hemlock usually has pointier leaves

Ms2011

miezekatze wrote: »

Ah no! I thought hemlock usually has pointier leaves

Without any flowers it's hard to say definitively as many plants like  Queen Anne's Lace or the Common Tansy have similar looking leaves both are also classed as weeds or wildflowers.
I would say Hemlock though

miezekatze

Thanks, maybe I'll dig it out over the next few days then.

looksee

Looks more like ragweed to me, but I'm not sure.

my3cents

Ragwort, Ragwort, Ragwort!

Well to be more precise Common Ragwort.

Best link I could find with a suitable picture http://www.lawnweeds.co.uk/ragworth.html



Edit> In case anyone wants to see what Hemlock or Cow Parsley look like as a comparison http://wildfood.torrens.org/plants/A/Anthriscus/Sylvestris.html

Hemlock

Cow Parsley

miezekatze

Thanks for your comments, it does look more like that! Will get rid of it then.

my3cents

Try crushing the leaves and smelling them, the smell is quite obvious and most people find it disgusting. You'll probably notice the smell when you dig it up anyway.