Palindrome
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I have just found these yellow flowers in a newly opened bale of hay, some of the stems are purple and some are green. Is it ragwort?
Is this dried ragwort?
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ester
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looks like the other tall yellow one to me (we have quite a lot of it).. tries to remember name.... *googles* groundsel? leaves dont look right for ragwort either?
ponynutz
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Does look suspiciously ragwort-y to me. I'm not 100% sure but we've had a lot of this in our bales and just kept an eye out for it when filling nets - better to be safe. It hasn't ever hurt our horses but as I say we always pulled it out if we saw it 
Rowreach
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It looks like hawksbeard to me.
ester
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makes note of yes, that's what it's called.
We always just say 'that other yellow one' lol
Palindrome
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Thank you, that's reassuring, I will pull it out like ponynutz says but will continue feeding from this bale. I am always worried and a bit panicked when I see yellow flowers.
Lucky Snowball
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Difficult to see from a photo but my first thought was that it is not ragwort.
Midlifecrisis
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Nope
littleshetland
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coltsfoot? Hawksbeard? ...It doesn't look like the dreaded ragwort to me.
Mudfukkle
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Difficult to say without seeing the whole plant. If the stems are purply near the bottom, then yes it could be Ragwort. I wouldn't take a chance, like someone else has said - pull it out.
eggs
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Doesn't look like ragwort to me
PurBee
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I think that looks more ragworty than hawksbeard/cats ear - the old flowers are generally longer than wide on the latter, and the striations of the outer flower head are very marked on ragwort, like in your pics.
Its a shame there’s not more leaf shape showing, as that will have dried and crushed off within baling.
The purple stem is a ragwort indicator too in some common species of it. I grew some here and dried it to witness its dried look. Blotchy, uneven colouring of stems, some green, some brown, some purple.
Its a shame there’s not more leaf shape showing, as that will have dried and crushed off within baling.
The purple stem is a ragwort indicator too in some common species of it. I grew some here and dried it to witness its dried look. Blotchy, uneven colouring of stems, some green, some brown, some purple.
PurBee
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If you could find some leaf and post pics that will help narrow it down.