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There's always hardly any after fine plant (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feverfew

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

'there's always hardly any after fine' is the wordplay.
'there's' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'always' becomes 'ever' ('ever' can be a synonym of 'always').
'hardly any' becomes 'few' ('few' can be similar in meaning to 'hardly any').
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'ever' put next to 'few' is 'everfew'.
'everfew' put after 'f' is 'FEVERFEW'.

(Another definition for feverfew that I've seen is " Medicinal plant".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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