Is this a weed?

Jacquimcmahon

It has quite fleshy leaves and tiny white\blue flowers on upright stems, it has pretty shallow roots but seems to spread. I think it may have come in with another plant.

thanks for your thoughts.

B3

Forget me not

Jacquimcmahon

Nope B3 the flowers are minuscule. Also the stems are thicker and less woody than the forget me nots… perhaps a photo together for comparison would help…. I’ll go get one 😍

Jacquimcmahon

Weird plant next to classic forget me not….. by the way hubby thinks I’m mad wandering in and out taking bits off plants for photos 🤪

B3

I haven't a clue.😕  

Skandi

It looks like Valerianella locusta/lambs lettuce to me, the wild type not a cultivated version.

Jacquimcmahon

Thanks Skandi, pretty much a weed but with benefits that it’s apparently edible. 

Probably explains why it smells like lettuce when you pull it out.

Bijdezee

Or alkanet? But the leaves look a bit too long. There's a wild forget me not called Myosotis sylvatica too.  Picture in my wildflower book

Lyn

@Jacquimcmahon is this like your plant?

Bijdezee

I think I've misunderstood, the second photo is a comparison to normal forget me not. The flowers you are showing are small clusters of almost white. Must be the lettuce thing 

Jacquimcmahon

Yes it’s definitely more like the “lettuce thing” …. 🥬