Lots of plants (and some weeds) start as rosettes so I wanted to show all the examples I've seen. Some are more rosette-like than others. I will be adding to this page as I see them or find my photos (challenging as I've taken so many).
| Bristly Oxtongue | Helminthotheca echioides |
| Cat's Ear | Hypochaeris radicata |
| Common Daisy | Bellis perennis |
| Creeping Buttercup | Ranunculus repens |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale |
| Dock | Rumex |
| Forget-me-not | Mysotis |
| Foxglove | Digitalis |
| Dove's-foot Crane's-bill/ Dovesfoot Geranium | Geranium molle |
| Globe Thistle | Echinops |
| Great Mullein | Verbascum thapsis |
| Greater Celandine | Chelidonium majus |
| Hairy Bittercress | Cardamine hirsuta |
| Hedge Mustard | Sisymbrium officinale |
| Herb Robert | Geranium robertianum |
| Honesty | Lunaria |
| Knautia Macedonica | |
| Nipplewort | Lapsana communis |
| Ox-eye Daisy | Leucanthemum vulgare |
| Poppy | |
| Prickly Sow Thistle | Sonchus asper |
| Ragwort | Senecio Jacobaea |
| Shepherd's Purse | Capsella bursa-pastoris |
| Smooth Sow Thistle | Sonchus oleraceus |
| Short-fruited Willowherb | Epilobium obscurum |
| Teasel | Dipsacus fullonum |
| Spear Thistle | Cirsium vulgare |
| Verbascum | |
| Wood Avens | Geum urbanum |
| unknown rosettes |
Common Daisy / Lawn Daisy (Bellis perennis)
this was at the bottom of this page as an unknown but seeing the one above in flower I'm pretty sure it's a daisy as well
Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
distinctive strong vein down the centre of the leaves
a close-up of a foxglove showing the texture of the leaves
not sure how "rosette" it is but in February one of the few plants growing so it caught my eye
Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsis)
I never thought of greater celandine as starting with a rosette but this January example looks rosette-like to me.
I think this is knautia macedonica but I think other knautia initial rosettes are probably similar (eg knautia arvensis / field scabious)
I'm not sure if this is one rosette or more than one.
Seen in isolation the two plants below might both be identified as smooth sow thistle but right next to each other, it's clear they are different. I think the one on the left is shepherd's purse and on the right smooth sow thistle but I will keep and eye on them and take some better photos and confirm as they develop. Just down the road from me so should be feasible.
the first year, teasel starts as a low rosette
I think this is a spear thistle.
Verbascum (phlomoides?) tall with white flowers
this verbascum rosette does look a bit like teasel but it's smooth and doesn't have the blisters, on March 20th (first day of Spring 2018) it has ice, we've had a bitter cold few days
looks like autumn hawkbit but I'm not sure, hoping to see it flower and become identifiable (also visible, smooth sow thistle, chickweed, groundsel and goosegrass)
the weeds above and below are in a church garden up the road, which unfortunately is locked sometimes so it may be difficult to follow up on these but I do hope to see them develop and flower this spring/summer and become identifible (also visible hairy bittercress, chickweed, petty spurge, oxalis and something I'm not sure of)
not sure how identifiable this is yet
close-up of this weed rosette
another view of that weed rosette showing to scale how small it is
not sure I'll be able to see this to maturity and therefore identification - but in case thought I'd take a pic - update - this has disappeared, did someone remove it on purpose?
In the back garden next door, I think this must be a knautia macedonia or a scabious, both of which I've grown from seed and purchased small plants. I mantain some pots on the patio next door, inc knautia and scabious plants and sure seeds are spread from my garden there as well. Hopefully he won't mow the "lawn" before I see what happens with it. Very soft, definitely not a thistle.
this could be prickly sow thistle, if it was in my garden I'd leave it and see how it develops but as I saw it on the pavement, no guarantees it will be left to grow
I saw this December 31st. Still researching what it is. I hope it grows and flowers before it's mown down, always a danger when observing urban weeds.
I saw these near the rosettes above on the same day (Dec 31st)
