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Indiscreet, facing conflict in plant (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loosestrife

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'plant' is the definition.
(loosestrife is a kind of plant)

'indiscreet facing conflict' is the wordplay.
'indiscreet facing' becomes 'loose' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'conflict' becomes 'strife' (strife is a kind of conflict).
'loose'+'strife'='LOOSESTRIFE'

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(Other definitions for loosestrife that I've seen before include "Soil of trees (anag) -- waterside plant" , "Purple or yellow waterside plant" , "Primrose, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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