Ok this is a stock photo of a rough cinquefoil and I am assuming this is what I have in the garden?
https://minneflora.com/images/identified ... ica-03.jpg
It has strawberry like leaves, it hitches a ride in just about every glade of plant in the herbaceous border because initially it looks very similar...most especially wild strawberry, aqualegia and lady's mantle. It tends to split into two or three tall stems and gives a very poor show of small yellow flowers.
On the upside it is shallow rooted, though it forms a hard knot at the base of the main stem.
I am puzzled as to why...
(a) This is not included in any weed identification guide I can find on the internet.
(2) Where as every gardener I showed the weed to knew of it, nobody could name it.
(3) It's as prolific as dandelions on most footpaths in the UK.
Why isn't this weed a household name and indeed given more prominence. Since it is number two, behind horsetail, for difficulty of ridding it imo.
