Identification Please

[Canary42]

Can anyone help me identify this plant (weed ?) which has sprung up in the wildlife (i.e. abandoned to nature) section of my garden. It is over 2 metres tall.

https://ibb.co/m4YTnZb

[Tilly2]

Could be a teasel.

[Zacs-Master]

Teazles.

[Tilly2]

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imgoct03/Photo01.jpg

[Tilly2]

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct03/bjteasel.html

[Canary42]

Gee, thanks all for such prompt responses.

[Zacs-Master]

If you have a smart phone there's a fantastic app called PlantNet which will identify plants and bushes by their leaves / flowers or even stems/bark.

[jakep]

Small birds will enjoy the seeds.

[Tilly2]

The flowers are lovely too.

[roopower]

Hopefully the seeds will attract lots of goldfinches, they love them.

[Canary42]

That's good roopower, there's several nesting in my wild hedge. They sit on the wire above it spying on me in the garden.

https://ibb.co/580fjsJ

[Chipchopper]

Yes, definitely teazel but I don't think I've ever seen one so tall before!.
Should bring some finches your way.

[waterboatman]

It's a teasel Canary.

[waterboatman]

I've got them here. They used to be used in cloth factories, to tease the thread straight, it's where the word tease comes from.

[Chipchopper]

Yes, definitely teazel but I don't think I've ever seen one so tall before!.
Should bring some finches your way.

[waterboatman]

Finches and other small birds love them.

[Chipchopper]

Teasing out the tangles in sheeps fleeces

[waterboatman]

Yep. used for that too.