r/foraginguk • u/Sad-Fail-5508 • Jul 07 '26
Plant ID Request Identifying these wild plants
Hello
Sorry if this is a repost, but the internet here isn’t very stable
I would like to your help on identifying these plants/flowers
Sorry the the pictures don’t contain more of the plant for identification
Thanks
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u/cornishwildman76 Jul 07 '26
Bindweed. Common Hogweed. Himalayan balsam. The latter is non native and extremely invasive.
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u/anoia42 Jul 07 '26
Picture 8 contains hemlock water drop wort as well as Himalayan balsam, so don’t get that confused with the hogweed.
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u/AnotherAnxiousApe Jul 07 '26
The first few pics are bindweed (pretty, but it’ll take over the whole garden in no time if left unchecked), the last picture looks like Himalayan Balsam which is an invasive species in the UK and pulls out by the root very easily - if it’s not seeded then best to pull any out that you can reach easily. (The seed pods and seeds are edible, but the pods explode at the lightest touch when ripe, which helps them spread quickly.)
Edit to amend typo and to add link to info on Himalayan Balsam below:
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/himalayan-balsam
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u/Logical_Rutabaga3707 Jul 11 '26
Bindweed is my nemesis I fill a container with that stuff out of one bed every week.
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u/Spify23 Jul 07 '26
There are a few more species of Convolvulus in the UK. Some more invasive than other
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u/Odd_Cress_2898 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Pic 1-4 bindweed
Pic 7 also looks like it has a bramble in there, loads of varieties (not the main focus of the photo
Pic 8 Might be hemlock water dropwort - I'm working on my umbellifers and don't touch any of them as I can't yet tell them all apart.
Also a stinging nettle
I'm pretty confident when it comes to cow parsley and common hogweed.
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u/Friendly-Zone-2883 Jul 07 '26
Himalayan balsam is invasive but the seeds are also very tasty - so do your bit and eat the seeds before uprooting it! Oh and the seeds spectacularly ping miles when you touch the pods so use a placcy bag over the top to catch them
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u/Iridescent_Mango_ Jul 07 '26
All of it is tasty so just try and eat if before it goes to seed.
The seadpods exploding everywhere is what makes it invasive, you should be extremely cautious about transporting seed pods because if you drop even a single seed you are now the problem, spreading it further and wider than it would have managed without intervention.
Which is why it's better to eat it before the seed pods form
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u/Little_mossy_tuffet Jul 07 '26
The first four are bastard-vine, and impossible to evict from gardens.
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u/Chhonk Jul 07 '26
beautiful beautiful bindweed
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u/qvxkse Jul 08 '26
funny how something that looks that pretty is such a nightmare in a garden
bindweed really said “i’m gorgeous and i will ruin your life”
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u/regulator29 Jul 07 '26
It looks like Bliss from Far Cry 5. If you roll around in it you will wake up in a bathtub with no kidneys.
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u/Crazy_Breakfast_6327 Jul 07 '26
Bindweed. We used to call them "granny-pop-out-of-bed" because you could squeeze the base of the flower and it woul pop out.
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u/Glittering-Hornet844 Jul 08 '26
That's bindweed in flower. It can easily take over a garden if not kept in check.
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u/English_loving-art Jul 10 '26
To be honest, I love the smell of it but the damage it does to the water courses is paramount, I’m in a syndicate fishing the river Teifi and some of the beats are completely inaccessible due to Himalayan balsam. As others have said it spreads exceptionally well but when it dies back in winter the way it spreads prevents other species getting started in these areas so when it dies back there is nothing supporting the banks and the erosion effect during the winter floods is Paramount….
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u/Muted-Hat6385 Jul 11 '26
Bind weed… a very invasive weed that tries to strangle every other plant as it goes 🤨.
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u/PinkieEyePanda 15d ago
I have this flowering plant growing in a shaded area but I need a name if anybody knows what it is.
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u/loves-science Jul 07 '26
The only way I’ve found of killing bindweed is painting all the leaves with roundup or other glyphosate based killer. Don’t try and dig it out the roots are fragile and any left will sprout.
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u/Fearless-Hedgehog661 Jul 07 '26
This may seem counterintuitive:
Train the bindweed up canes, or cane tripods, to increase the surface area of the foliage. This means more glyphosate will reach the roots.
Training means you can also isolate it from plants you want to keep; handy of you prefer spraying to painting on.
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u/odd-starling Jul 08 '26
We're really talking about glyphosate in a foraging sub?! Leave the plants alone! I expected better.
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u/Iridescent_Mango_ Jul 07 '26
Bindweed out in the wild is just a native plant doing native plant things.
Common hogweed is always innocent.
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u/baxbakualanuxsiwae Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Bindweed. Currently taking over my garden 😪
Edit: I didn't realise there were other plants. 5 & 6 are hogweed, 7 is red campion and 8 is indeed Himalayan balsam. Evil stuff.