Unknown plant

Wildlifelover

Morning,

I have a few of these large plants (second pic at least a metre tall) in a wildflower area of the garden but I don’t know what they are? Please could anyone let me know? Many thanks!

B3

They look like teasel to me

B3

Ps. If you go to edit and snip a tiny bit off your photo before posting, it will be the right way up.

Wildlifelover

Def not Teasel as that is in the same bed. The leaves are quite soft and furry, with the main stem also with soft down.

Lyn

Let’s try it the right way up.

Dovefromabove

According to my Keble-Martin Concise British Flora it could be the Small Teasel ... Dipsacus pilosus (pilosus meaning hairy/furry) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsacus_pilosus

although this site still talks about prickly stems 
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/small-teasel

🤔

Wildlifelover

Thanks but I’m pretty sure it isn’t a Teasel, the leaf does not possess the spines on the underside.

Dovefromabove

Intriguing ... do show us a photo when it produces a flower ... we need to know what it is now or we'll be constantly puzzled ......

Papi Jo

Looks like Dipsacus fullonum L.

Dovefromabove

Well yes it does @Papi Jo, but the OP has assured us several times that it cannot be a teasel because the leaves and stems are soft and furry and there are no spines on the back of the main rib of the leaves ... otherwise I would agree with you ... but we are assured that it must be something else, so we must wait to see a flower ...

Silver surfer

Dovefromabove said:

According to my Keble-Martin Concise British Flora it could be the Small Teasel ... Dipsacus pilosus (pilosus meaning hairy/furry) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsacus_pilosus

although this site still talks about prickly stems 
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/small-teasel

🤔

Dipsacus pilosus .....Mystery plant has very different leaves that look as if they are clasping the stem. No stalks.....think we can rule this out.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dipsacus_pilosus_leaf_(05).jpg