Probably a weed but I can't recognise it

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TheFermentalist@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 250d (1 reply)

Definitely not chickweed (stellaria media)

schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 250d

You're right, I was wrong, I didn't look well at the leaves at the top of the plant. They look a bit like wormwood leaves, but I will refrain from further guesses.

bot@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 250d (1 reply)

Automatic identification via PlantNet summary

Most likely match: Thymus pulegioides L.

Common name Scientific name Likeliness
Creeping Thyme Thymus pulegioides 4.15 %
Mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium glomeratum 2.70 %
/ Peperomia trifolia 2.54 %
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia 1.99 %
False Ivy-Leaved Speedwell Veronica sublobata 1.65 %

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trolololol@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d

Well I plant lots of thyme unsuccessfully so I just moved this into a pot. Just in case.

Fourth@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 250d

Maybe some kind of speedwell.

Gnugit@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 250d

Compare with Stellaria media.

kaulquappus@feddit.org · 1 pts · 211d

Not necessarily one of the two Veronica the bot named, but I do think it's a Veronica.

The round leaves on the lower parts of the stem are what lead to the false identification as a Thymus. But these can also occur on Veronica, depending on the species, and are more likely on the lower parts of the stem as we see in your image.

On the uppermost part of the highest stem (left side of the picture, pointing towards your hand), you can see the typical lobe shapes of many Veronica species' leaves, one type with broad lobes and one type with more pointy shapes.

Compare to these broad-lobed leaves in V. hederifolia: https://www.blumeninschwaben.de/Zweikeimblaettrige/Rachenbluetler/P1980308_x.jpg ...

As for the species, I couldn't say, Veronica is not easy IMO^^

Lembot_0005@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 250d (2 replies)

Parsley?

schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 250d (1 reply)

No, with certainty not parsley. Probably chickweed (Stellaria media), photo and specimen are a bit difficult to work with.

trolololol@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d

If I crush the leaves it smells kinda like peas.

I think this is not from something I planted.

For reference I'm in Australia and there's been lots of rain in the last months, and I collected this from a place that is very humid soil and no sun at all ever.

Gnugit@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 245d

Are the hairs on alternating sides of each stem section between the leaf nodes? Is a bit hard to tell from the picture?

Can you get any pictures of the flowers or buds yet?