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YnneadYnnead Posts: 238
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Hi this unknown has recently grown in a pot outside and is slowly spreading. Anyone know what it is and if I should get rid off?
thanks

London
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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 22,631
    It looks like Lesser Celandine, but the leaves don't usually appear until February then die in late April/May. If it is, then, although the yellow flowers are pretty, it can become a bit of a pest when growing in borders with other spring flowers and it's hard to get rid of.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 14,362
    It might be Asarum European.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • LynLyn Posts: 22,865
    It’s Navelwort,  or some call it Pennywort.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • YnneadYnnead Posts: 238
    Thanks everyone. So I'm going with either asarum or pennywort at the moment. I will leave it for now and let it grow, unless it starts outcompeting the fairy rose next to it.
    London
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,409
    It looks like Caltha palustris but I don't think that would just 'appear'. Hmmm.
  • LynLyn Posts: 22,865
    Leaves are not right for Marsh Marigold and that also needs very wet soil to thrive. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,591
    Lyn said:
    It’s Navelwort,  or some call it Pennywort.
    Not sure what plant is but it is not Umbilicus rupestris....common name Navelwort or Pennywort.
    The leaves of this are round with a stalk in the centre...like an umbrella.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • LynLyn Posts: 22,865
    I don’t think all of them are like that.
    this is another type.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,591
    edited September 2022
    Lyn said:
    I don’t think all of them are like that.
    this is another type.

    What is the name of plant in your pic?
    Not certain but that appears to look like Centella asiatica. ....Indian pennywort and Asiatic pennywort

    Not something i have seen in UK. .

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centella_asiatica
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • minadineEX5aBZAsminadineEX5aBZAs Posts: 6
    Loxley said:
    It looks like Caltha palustris but I don't think that would just 'appear'. Hmmm.

    I do agree with @Loxley, the leaves do look like the leaves of Marsh marigold, Caltha palustris. The leaves of my plants look exactly the same. But the big question is, if it is Marsh marigold, how did it get there? The plants do self-seed but not widely, just in the immediate surroundings and mainly just into wet soil. The other option is Centella asiatica, but I have never seen this here in the UK so far as well.
    I don`t think it is Asarum europaeum as it has a different leaf venation.
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