ID please!

WriterNick · 16-07-2012, 07:37 PM

Hi, can anybody help identify this weed and whether or not it is edible please?
Thanks!

pagan queen · 16-07-2012, 07:43 PM

Could do with a few more leaves and an idea of size. photo taken where you found it would give a good idea of proportion compared to surrounding plants.

**16 shells** · 16-07-2012, 07:45 PM

Looking to me (from pic so may not be

) like Antirrhinum, common Snapdragon Nick.

WriterNick · 16-07-2012, 07:50 PM

Thanks Paul, it may be common snapdragon - is that a no no?

pagan queen · 16-07-2012, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 16 shells

Looking to me (from pic so may not be

) like Antirrhinum, common Snapdragon Nick.

Sorry to disagree, I don't think it looks anything like a snapdragon, the leaves are totally different and the flowers are more of the pea family than a snapdragon type.

**16 shells** · 17-07-2012, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pagan queen

Sorry to disagree, I don't think it looks anything like a snapdragon, the leaves are totally different and the flowers are more of the pea family than a snapdragon type.

No problem disagree to agree

, could it be a Vetch then Nick.

**Alan1** · 17-07-2012, 09:15 AM

I think one of the vetches http://www.google.co.uk/search?um=1&....1.hpOssj8NBJ8

WriterNick · 17-07-2012, 09:47 PM

Thanks for all the help everyone

It could be a vetch as the flowers look vetch-like but the leaves don't as I get a lot of vetch in my garden and the leaves are always uniform and directly opposite each other in pairs. Maybe it's a different kind of vetch?
My dad gave it to me after one of his jaunts (he also picked some red clover which Ovid loves), I think I will dispose of it as I don't like to take risks.

Ozric Jonathan · 17-07-2012, 09:55 PM

It's alfalfa.

Feed sparingly if at all.

Shelled Lady · 18-07-2012, 12:59 AM

Could be Bush Vetch (Vicia Sepium) Not sure it's Alfalfa.

16-07-2012, 07:37 PM	#1
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16-07-2012, 07:45 PM	#3
16 shells Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hull Posts: 7,286	Looking to me (from pic so may not be) like Antirrhinum, common Snapdragon Nick. __________________ Paul.

17-07-2012, 09:55 PM	#9
Ozric Jonathan Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West of Scotland Posts: 4,226	It's alfalfa. Feed sparingly if at all. __________________ Testudo Hermanni Hermanni (Corse) tortoises

16-07-2012, 07:50 PM	#4
WriterNick Member Juvenile Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 956	Thanks Paul, it may be common snapdragon - is that a no no?

17-07-2012, 09:15 AM	#7
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	I think one of the vetches http://www.google.co.uk/search?um=1&....1.hpOssj8NBJ8

17-07-2012, 09:47 PM	#8
WriterNick Member Juvenile Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 956	Thanks for all the help everyone It could be a vetch as the flowers look vetch-like but the leaves don't as I get a lot of vetch in my garden and the leaves are always uniform and directly opposite each other in pairs. Maybe it's a different kind of vetch? My dad gave it to me after one of his jaunts (he also picked some red clover which Ovid loves), I think I will dispose of it as I don't like to take risks.

18-07-2012, 12:59 AM	#10
Shelled Lady Member Juvenile Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South East Posts: 845	Could be Bush Vetch (Vicia Sepium) Not sure it's Alfalfa.

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