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Help identifying a plant

reehsetin
reehsetin Posts: 4,916 Forumite
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Does anyone know what this plant is?
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It's started spreading quite literally all over our grass
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Will it be damaging the grass?

:o I am the opposite of green fingered so any advice would be really appreciated.
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  • pink.1970
    pink.1970 Posts: 512 Forumite
    Hi

    Looks like Lungwort to me. Does it have spotty leaves?
    :p PinkPunkBird :p
  • reehsetin
    reehsetin Posts: 4,916 Forumite
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    Thanks for taking a look, I'll double check this evening but I don't think so no, the leaves in my pictures are completely spot free
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  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite
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    Are they pictures of the same plant? Looks like Speedwell to me.
  • pink.1970
    pink.1970 Posts: 512 Forumite
    I had a look on wikipedia, they can be spot free. Its proper name is Pulmonaria.
    :p PinkPunkBird :p
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite
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    pink.1970 wrote: »
    I had a look on wikipedia, they can be spot free. Its proper name is Pulmonaria.

    If both pictures are of the same plant, the leaves are much too small to be lungwort.
  • pink.1970
    pink.1970 Posts: 512 Forumite
    forget me nots?
    :p PinkPunkBird :p
  • reehsetin
    reehsetin Posts: 4,916 Forumite
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    Yes they're pictures of the same plant, the first is with the rest of the plants in the flower bed. That's where it started to grow and that's the adult plant. The second is where it's just started covering the grass.

    Thank you both! I'll grab a few leaves tonight and compare them!
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  • reehsetin
    reehsetin Posts: 4,916 Forumite
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    I hope it's not speedwell, we have two bunnies and apparently they don't like it! Really hoping whatever it is, it will be safe for them
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  • gerby
    gerby Posts: 32 Forumite
    it is ALKANET GREEN we have it in our garden
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite
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    gerby wrote: »
    it is ALKANET GREEN we have it in our garden

    The photos are of a small plant - alkanet's too big.
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