Plant ID help

[luresalive]

Anybody know what this is??


http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q134/luresalive/100_2339.jpg

[Martin]

Nope

Martin

[luresalive]

Nope

Martin

Thanks Martin, that narrows it down!!:p

[MikeWilkinson]

Need a few more hints to find it in my many books, terrain? coastal? It looks very kale/spring green like. It certainly isn't in my usual wild food repertoire!

[Martin]

Thanks Martin, that narrows it down!!:p

Anything I can do to help. ;)

Martin

[resnikov]

Need a few more hints to find it in my many books, terrain? coastal? It looks very kale/spring green like. It certainly isn't in my usual wild food repertoire!

I thought it looked like a kale too. But apart from that don't have a scoobys.

[luresalive]

We all thought brassica of some sort, growing near a stream, very thick kale/cabbage like leaves, little spikes/hooks on the leaves , tasted mustardy - (quick taste test, no ingestion-I know we shouldn't have but it just looked so edible!!)

[Metal mug]

We all thought brassica of some sort, growing near a stream, very thick kale/cabbage like leaves, little spikes/hooks on the leaves , tasted mustardy - (quick taste test, no ingestion-I know we shouldn't have but it just looked so edible!!) Are you dead now? ;)

[luresalive]

Are you dead now? ;)

Only from the neck up!

[resnikov]

Wife looked at the pic and I did'nt tell here any of the rest of the thread apart from I thought it was kale. Shes quite green fingered and said its not kale and thought it looked a bit like a mustard but she said don't quote her on that.

[luresalive]

Wife looked at the pic and I did'nt tell here any of the rest of the thread apart from I thought it was kale. Shes quite green fingered and said its not kale and thought it looked a bit like a mustard but she said don't quote her on that.

I think she's definitely on the right track, my mate who's quite good at Botanical identification originally said Black mustard, but we've since dismissed that one.

[Kiltie]

Try this method Lures
http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/content/SEARCH.ASP

[luresalive]

Try this method Lures
http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/content/SEARCH.ASP

Thanks Kiltie, have spent the past 2 hours on there and Habitas and can't narrow it down, if it had a flower it would be so much easier, but then no challenge!

[fish]

looks like rape-seed plant.(type of brassica)
the japs call it na-no-hana and is a traditional spring time dish.the Italians call it Cime di rape.

[MikeWilkinson]

After looking at this for the umpteenth time I'm convinced it is either Black Mustard or Hedge Mustard. Hedge Mustard being the more likley due to it very varying nature. I'd wait for it it flower later in the year to confirm which plant it is though.