Can Anyone Identify A Wild Plant For Me?

[iluvmargie]

It is about 6 to 8" tall, all green (no flowers) with long thin leaves (if they are called leaves), spiky looking. They grow prolifically in groups. I thought it was cat o nine tails, but I was wrong. Me and a friend are arguing about this. Can't find them online.

[Tilly2]

Horsetail?

[iluvmargie]

I've just googled that thanks Tilly. It looks very like a field horsetail, but on the photo, the stem looks too thick. So I'm still not sure.

Anybody else got any ideas?

[Tilly2]

Goose grass, horrid sticky stuff?

[Prudie]

I was going to suggest the same as Tilly although I call it Marestail

[iluvmargie]

No, it's definitely not that. Going for a dog walk now, will have another look at it and see if it is field horsetail, but not sure it is. It's a race between me and friend to see who can find out first!

[jno]

can you post a photo? (Or a link to a photo).

[rowanwitch]

Purple toadflax isn't flowering yet might be an outside shot

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=mpoZ5qcy&;id=BCA5C8A24401ACC2D98EFEC195876CBC065D2468&thid=OIP.mpoZ5qcyR9ldnJ8oTHFsPQHaJ3&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fgarden.org%2Fpics%2F2016-06-12%2FPegasys%2F52b1e3.jpg&exph=1333&expw=1000&q=purple+toadflax+leaves+only&;simid=608003979706175177&selectedindex=0&;adlt=demote&shtp=GetUrl&shid=e22c0ae0-baf3-4848-b8c5-8414bafc1dbd&shtk=UGhvdG8gb2YgdGhlIGxlYXZlcyBvZiBQdXJwbGUgVG9hZGZsYXggKExpbmFyaWEgcHVycHVyZWEgLi4u&;shdk=Rm91bmQgb24gQmluZyBmcm9tIGdhcmRlbi5vcmc%3D&shhk=NzJWaNaE0gMBnuKVDJJ0QuASRPPFvLPmOjVKDrUfgU0%3D&form=EX0023&shth=OSH.kzBEmCY4HplWIm6yBzGh7w

[sherrardk]

You can download free apps to identify plants (but you only get so many free goes).

[Chipchopper]

Euphorbia lathris ?

[Chipchopper]

I think Tilly has it, my money is on horsetail.

[johnny.5]

I use the plantsnap app
and I have not paid anything yet

[iluvmargie]

Yes Tilly was right, it was hard to tell from the photos I googled. Field horsetail (or marestail as Prudie said). Thank you both.