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Digeroo

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Weed Identification Please
« on: September 21, 2009, 18:43:50 »
Please can anyone identify this weed?  Is is a type of dandelion?

« Last Edit: September 21, 2009, 18:45:45 by Digeroo »

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Re: Weed Identification Please
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2009, 18:58:07 »

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Re: Weed Identification Please
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2009, 19:10:38 »
Some of the images on google look similar to shepherds purse, but I do not think it is a brassica.  Root wrong shape/texture has a succulent root.

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Re: Weed Identification Please
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2009, 19:25:11 »
looks a bit like  a chicory

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Re: Weed Identification Please
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2009, 20:23:33 »
Like the thought it is chicory.  Perhaps we will have to leave some to flower. 

I nibbled a bit - quite tasty.  Looks like I will not die afterall.

 

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