Anyone know what this plant is please..?

[Greg]

Help with Identifying this plant would be greatly appreciated...





Thanks
Greg

 

[British Red]

Ground Elder Greg I'm fairly certain

 

[Greg]

Thank You Red..

 

[John Fenna]

I agree - my hedge is full of it and it is trying to get into the garden too.
Awful stuff!

 

[British Red]

It was introduced as a foodstuff though.

It is worth being certain though, I have known people confuse it with dogs mercury which is toxic

 

[slowworm]

What does it smell like? The middle photo looks more like meadowsweet to me.

Edit to add: And looking at the full sized photos the leaves also look more like meadowsweet - they have a red central stem and several pairs of leaflets down it, ground elder doesn't have as many leaflets.

 

[Pterodaktyl]

I would go for Meadowsweet as well, especially since it seems to be growing beside water. Try crushing one of the fresh shoots between your fingers and see if it has a strong antiseptic smell.

 

[Greg]

I'll give it ago tomorrow...if it helps the land it grows on is a natural flood plain with scrub woodland.

 

[British Red]

What does it smell like? The middle photo looks more like meadowsweet to me.

Edit to add: And looking at the full sized photos the leaves also look more like meadowsweet - they have a red central stem and several pairs of leaflets down it, ground elder doesn't have as many leaflets.

Good catch - certainly possible

 

[Mouse040]

It is defiantly meadowsweet as it is a part of the wort family and the elder is the carrot family so the flower configuration is completely different


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[shaggystu]

I thought ground elder but SWMBO informs me that it's Meadowsweet.

Cheers,

Stuart.