This is ragwort right?

chaps89

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I'm hoping the answer is no, but...
It looks more like some sort of salad leaf than ragwort but does also look like ragwort too.
Flipping loads of it has sprung up so hoping it isn't but have a feeling it is.
Can anyone confirm for me please?
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Doesn't look like it to me. Ragwort leaves are thinner and more jagged and the stem usually has a purplish hue to it in a second year plant.
 

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Yippee.
It looks nothing like stuff that I know is definitely ragwort (and I have no shortage of that either ? ) but the leaf shape had me wondering!
 

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Looks like sow thistle to me! With some sweet violets around the and a spear thistle joining the party :)
The last pic, possibly hawkbit but I’m not sure, but def not ragwort
 

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I think I may have chopped out some Shepherd's Purse when I was pursuing capeweed the other day. Drat. Just goes to show the importance of further features, such as flowers, for plant ID.
 

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Thanks everyone. I have plenty of weeds, so good to know these are just another variety.
Google hasn't bought anything up saying any of the suggestions made as to what they are, are toxic so that's good news.
 

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It looks exactly like what I've just planted in my wildflower area at home, comes out in a ragged purple flower? Usually see it growing in hedgerows, can't for the life of me think what it is called
 

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No flowers to be seen.
I moved into the field in March and there was alot of weeds but not the 2 types posted, these are new and have sprung up (growing like crazy) in the last 2 weeks
 
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