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Old 07-04-2009, 06:27 PM
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Re: A 2009 plant-hunter's diary

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This is an Erythronium of some sort, I'll see if I can come up with anything more exact later
Thanks, Tiggrx; of your two suggestions, I reckon it's Erythronium californicum, California Fawn-lily

It's not listed as a naturalised or introduced species in Clement & Foster's Alien Plants of the British Isles, so I'm pretty pleased with that one



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Cardamine impatiens hadn't even occurred to me, but this is a known site for Narrow-leaved Bittercress later in the year (though it's a big area and I've no idea exactly where it's supposed to grow). And, an online search turned up this picture here of a young C. impatiens plant which looks to be a perfect match

I was in two minds whether to bother to photograph this one - glad I did now

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I can't see any hairs at the base of the sepals so it ought to be Anemone blanda - I saw some out today so it is not too late.
Thanks; I guess A. blanda must have taken over as the commonest blue Anemone species in the wild now, then? It certainly seems to be a favourite in gardens; the last time I went to a garden centre, they were on sale in numbers. The books I've got still list it as a rare introduction with only a couple of sites, but that's obviously now out of date.

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This looks like it could be really Spanish Bluebell to me - very close if not
I'm glad it's not just me who thinks that

I suppose you can't ever rule out it having some hybrid genes within it, but the Avon Gorge ought to be a perfect location for H. hispanica to have clung on (this plant was nowhere near anywhere rubbish could be thrown out, that's for sure ) and, in the absence of DNA testing, I'm going to count this one as my first "definite" Spanish Bluebell

Thanks again, Tiggrx, for all your help and input
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