Can anyone help ID these plants please?

jessykai · 20-02-2015, 07:53 PM

Have ordered a plant ID book, but in the meantime the only plant that I can ID is dandelion leaves

emma_mcraf · 20-02-2015, 08:23 PM

The first is safe. It's ribwort plantain.
I'm not sure if the last one is chickweed. Someone else needs to confirm or ID otherwise.

Gordon · 20-02-2015, 08:24 PM

The first is plantain and ok the second one if we are looking at the plant with a red stem looks like mallow it is ok and the last one I think is sticky bud plant can't think of its name but that's ok too but my lot aren't that keen on it

emma_mcraf · 20-02-2015, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TURNIP

The first is plantain and ok the second one if we are looking at the plant with a red stem looks like mallow it is ok and the last one I think is sticky bud plant can't think of its name but that's ok too but my lot aren't that keen on it

Ah yes, cleavers, not chickweed. My lot aren't overwhelmed by it either but a little now and again seems to get munched. They look so small compared to the ones around here.

jessykai · 20-02-2015, 08:39 PM

Brill thanks, I found loads of both the plantain and cleavers so now I know they're safe to offer I'll see what my new little guy thinks of them

**Alan1** · 21-02-2015, 09:15 AM

it looks very similar to cleavers (sticky bud) right enough but up our way it doesn't grow anywhere near as thick as that, it's usually straggly and not as bush like as that. There are others that also look like that but if it sticks to your jumper then it's cleavers no doubt

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Cleavers, although not toxic in moderation is not a great food for them, high in something or other and a hallucinogenic and diuretic apparently. Plantain - all types are great

20-02-2015, 07:53 PM	#1
jessykai Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 2	Can anyone help ID these plants please? Have ordered a plant ID book, but in the meantime the only plant that I can ID is dandelion leaves

20-02-2015, 08:23 PM	#2
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	The first is safe. It's ribwort plantain. I'm not sure if the last one is chickweed. Someone else needs to confirm or ID otherwise. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

21-02-2015, 09:15 AM	#6
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	it looks very similar to cleavers (sticky bud) right enough but up our way it doesn't grow anywhere near as thick as that, it's usually straggly and not as bush like as that. There are others that also look like that but if it sticks to your jumper then it's cleavers no doubt . Cleavers, although not toxic in moderation is not a great food for them, high in something or other and a hallucinogenic and diuretic apparently. Plantain - all types are great Last edited by Alan1; 21-02-2015 at 09:17 AM.

20-02-2015, 08:24 PM	#3
Gordon Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 5,675	The first is plantain and ok the second one if we are looking at the plant with a red stem looks like mallow it is ok and the last one I think is sticky bud plant can't think of its name but that's ok too but my lot aren't that keen on it

20-02-2015, 08:39 PM	#5
jessykai Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 2	Brill thanks, I found loads of both the plantain and cleavers so now I know they're safe to offer I'll see what my new little guy thinks of them

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