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Westyardfarm

  • Joined Dec 2014
  • Mid Devon
  • Just taken over a small run down farm in mid Devon
What is this weed?
« on: August 16, 2016, 11:40:42 am »
Hello all, can anyone tell me what this weed is.  It's generally up to 15cm high with small green leaves and pale purple flowers. Both the sheep and the ponies seem to ignore it even when hungry. Looks quite herb like. Do I get the Grazon out or just leave it?
1 wife, 1 daughter, 6 chickens, 2 chicks, 3 ponies, 2 cats, 2 dogs, 3 turkeys, 4 sheep and some grass keep Zwartbles...in 21 acres of Mid Devon

doganjo

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Re: What is this weed?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2016, 11:59:41 am »
Don't know but I've got it too.  It's quite pretty but I don't have anything other than hens and ducks in that area and they aren't eating it either
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
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Re: What is this weed?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2016, 12:05:25 pm »
It does look herby.  If you crush the leaves does that release a scent?
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muddypuddle

  • Joined Jul 2015
Re: What is this weed?
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2016, 10:11:52 am »
I have this too! My horses won't eat it, this year it seems to have spread a lot! I would be interested to know what it is.


clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: What is this weed?
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2016, 11:49:20 am »
can you get a close up of the flowers as I couldn't see them in enough detail. My first thought is that it might be Prunella Vulgaris (Self heal)
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

Westyardfarm

  • Joined Dec 2014
  • Mid Devon
  • Just taken over a small run down farm in mid Devon
Re: What is this weed?
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2016, 02:18:52 pm »
Don't know but I've got it too.  It's quite pretty but I don't have anything other than hens and ducks in that area and they aren't eating it either
Doesn't smell aromatic at all when crushed.
1 wife, 1 daughter, 6 chickens, 2 chicks, 3 ponies, 2 cats, 2 dogs, 3 turkeys, 4 sheep and some grass keep Zwartbles...in 21 acres of Mid Devon

winkhound

  • Joined Sep 2014
Re: What is this weed?
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2016, 06:22:29 pm »
looks like a parasitic figwort call Red Barista to me. Good luck getting rid of the annoying stuff!

philcaegrug

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • ammanford
Re: What is this weed?
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2016, 09:26:29 pm »
Yes It's red bartsia.  It popped up with us a few years ago out of nowhere. It's easy to pull up and after two seasons it seems to have gone from our land only the occasional one popping up where I dumped them.

Westyardfarm

  • Joined Dec 2014
  • Mid Devon
  • Just taken over a small run down farm in mid Devon
Re: What is this weed?
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2016, 09:29:21 pm »
Thanks for identification. I can put the rag fork away and get busy pulling this instead.
1 wife, 1 daughter, 6 chickens, 2 chicks, 3 ponies, 2 cats, 2 dogs, 3 turkeys, 4 sheep and some grass keep Zwartbles...in 21 acres of Mid Devon

 
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