Weed identification help

Janette26

Hello – just out of curiosity can you help me identify this weed?

I have not managed to spot it in ‘common garden weeds’ articles/online images.

It does not seem to flower – just get bigger! It behaves like creeping buttercup and pops up throughout (and alongside) my raised veg beds. A lot of rotavating of the existing (heavy clay) soil was done after extensive building alterations were completed on moving to this property about 3 years ago, as well as extra topsoil being brought in – both of which have no doubt helped the spread!  I’m resigned to having to hand weed around the veg but would just like to know a name to curse it by as I do so!

JennyJ

Silverweed, Potentilla anserina.

Janette26

JennyJ said:

Silverweed, Potentilla anserina.

Ah - many thanks. Pity the name sounds too pretty to be used as a curse!

Dovefromabove

Potentilla anserina aka Silverweed 

Tenacious little thing isn’t it 🙄 

Dovefromabove

Ah!  @JennyJ beat me to it 😊  ... got distracted by a phone call and didn’t check to see if someone had posted in the meantime. 🙄 

Janette26

Dovefromabove said:

Ah!  @JennyJ beat me to it 😊  ... got distracted by a phone call and didn’t check to see if someone had posted in the meantime. 🙄 

Thanks for the prompt reply anyway. Happy weeding!

BenCotto

Put it in the soles of your shoes for its cushioning effect. Allegedly that’s what Roman soldiers did two millennia ago.

You can also eat the roots as a potato substitute.

josusa47

So, can we add cushioned insoles to the list of "What have the Romans ever done for us?"