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What is this plant?

hitogatahitogata Posts: 2
edited March 2019 in Plants

It's about as tall as a cup of water. It's growing between the tiles in my balcony. 
It seems to have tiny berries in a couple of places.
I have no idea if it's just a weed, a fruit bush, a tree?... 
I need to remove it from the balcony but depending on what it is I'll either throw it away or try to move it to a vase.
Thanks in advance :) 

(Oh and I live in the UK, if that helps)

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  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,498
    It's a weed,but can't remember which one!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,170
    I think it is a weed -sow (as in female pig)  thistle not as stingy as real thistle milky sap like dandelion.
    AB Still learning

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,896
    edited March 2019
    Its a type of sow-thistle ... a common weed ... it will have thousands of downy seeds (like a dandelion clock) that float on the air and take root where they land .., that’s what’s happened ... it landed in a crack on your balcony paving.
    I would pull it out and dispose of it before it produces its own seeds. 
    😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,896
    Snap! AllotmentBoy 😆 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • hitogatahitogata Posts: 2
    Thanks for the help guys :smiley: Much appreciated! 
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