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Old 27-05-2009, 08:09 AM
davidbr davidbr is offline
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Re: A 2009 plant-hunter's diary

With thanks to Tiggrx, then, that's another one for the list; Fat Duckweed (Lemna gibba)

I've also managed to add three more over the past couple of days; this Hjelmqvist's Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster hjelmqvistii), growing by the side of a suburban road, I'd previously dismissed as just another Cotoneaster horizontalis until I decided it was worth a second look

(Hjelmqvist's Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster hjelmqvistii)

The glabrous (hairless) leaves on this one identify it as "common" Mock-orange (Philadelphus coronarius); every plant I've found in this area before has turned out to be Hairy Mock-orange, P x virginialis, with densely pubescent leaves.

(Mock-orange, Philadelphus coronarius)

And this rose, which had scrambled over a sizeable section of bramble hedge alongside an old railway line near Cheddar, north Somerset, I've identified as Noisette Rose (Rosa noisettiana) - I'd presume it must have been bird-sown, a very attractive plant anyway, the flowers gradually fading from pale yellow to white as they age

(Noisette Rose, Rosa noisettiana)
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