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Strange weed with five-fold symmetry

What is this strange English weed, growing at the back of our garden? It has an unearthly five-fold symmetry.

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5 Responses to “Strange weed with five-fold symmetry”

  1. rich Says:
    October 2nd, 2006 at 6:47 pm

    It turns out that this weed fires seeds all over the room.

  2. ふみねこ Says:
    October 3rd, 2006 at 4:21 pm

    Can you eat it??

  3. rich Says:
    October 3rd, 2006 at 7:36 pm

    Sadly not … I’m quite sure its deadly poisonous or something. Wish I could identify what it is.

  4. abg Says:
    December 6th, 2006 at 5:51 pm

    i’d reckon Euphorbia esula L., or leafy spurge. a bit of an invasive bugger.

    according to my book, “it has been reported to cause severe irritation of the mouth and digestive tract in cattle which may result in death.” poor punctuation not mine ;)

  5. rich Says:
    December 6th, 2006 at 6:33 pm

    abg: Cheers, I reckon you’re right :-)

    It was a bit of an irritant on the hands actually.

    Rich.