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Ilikeplants
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Is this a weed? The large, light green leaves.
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JennyJ
Doncaster
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It looks like something in the mallow family to me.
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Ilikeplants
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Thanks, I guess no harm letting it be for now and see what comes of it.
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Dovefromabove
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edited May 2021
Looks like Jack by the Hedge ... Hedge Mustard
abd other names the food plant of the Orangetip butterfly caterpillars
http://www.naturessecretlarder.co.uk/wild-food-useful-plants/jack-by-the-hedge-alliaria-petiolata.htm
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Ilikeplants
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The leaf is quite big but does look like a young Jack by the hedge. A foragers alternative to wild garlic it seems. Thanks.
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abd other names the food plant of the Orangetip butterfly caterpillars
http://www.naturessecretlarder.co.uk/wild-food-useful-plants/jack-by-the-hedge-alliaria-petiolata.htm