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Could someone identify this plant please?

lindylou54lindylou54 Posts: 21
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Hello, I've recently moved house and have found this plant, pictured below, growing in my hedge. I don't have a clue what it is! It has large leaves and very long stem tendrils. I've not come across it before.

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,723
    maybe humulus, or bryony?
    Devon.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 20,967
    I think it's white bryony.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,743
    edited May 2021
    I think that's probably White bryony ... a beautiful wild plant ... definitely not edible (don't be misled by the title of the website I've linked to!). 

    https://www.wildfooduk.com/edible-wild-plants/white-bryony/

    The leaves vary in shape as the plant develops so can be a bit tricky to identify. 
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    Agree, White Bryony.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • lindylou54lindylou54 Posts: 21
    Thank you all for your suggestions. After looking at google, I'm pretty sure you're right with White Bryony. I shall wait for the flowers to appear, which should confirm it.  It's growing through the hawthorn hedging at the front, so not accessible to cows and horses etc. 

  • lindylou54lindylou54 Posts: 21
    The flowers are now open on the White Bryony
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,743
    It is gorgeous isn’t it 😎 
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







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