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Can anyone identify these weird 'flowers'?

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carolinej:
I've seen those in amongst rubble where buildings have been demolished and the land has gone back to the wild. I'm in S Wales too. Maybe they like it here lol

Doug Kelson:
Horsetails, not Marestails. Horsetails are of very ancient lineage and giant ones (over 30 metres tall) feature much in coal measures from the Devonian epoch. today, the tallest species reach around 4 metres (in central and south America). The illustrated plants are the reproductive structures which produce spores, not pollen; they are not flowers. Marestail is an aquatic flowering plant, Hippuris vulgaris.

Comiserations, if you have an infestation of Equisetum arvense; it's a quickly-spreading, smothering weed and very difficult to control. Plenty of advice on that on line, though.

Galette:
Thanks for that Doug, I am now well informed!  Not good news however, but I'm ready to wage war on them.
 
Galette.

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