This is a garden escape - but hey, it's the first time I have found it in Settle - on Tue 2 July 2024. It is growing at the foot of the wall next to the former HSBC bank on the market place - within sight of Settle Florists.. (possible source?) as seen in picture.
Lagurus ovatus - Hare's-tail - also know as Bunny-tails.
I last saw it in the wild on the Dorset Cliffs whilst attending a workshop for the David Bellamy Caravan Site Park Awards (my title) over 20 years ago.
It keys out in the Poland vegetative key as a grass with down-hairy sheaths and short ligule (1mm long) and an annual.
As there are only two heads on this plant, and one has been knocked over, so I don't think it is in danger of taking over Settle yet...
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