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06-02-2008, 08:11 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands
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| | | Unidentified Coastal Plant
Another one from my coastal visit to Lancashire in August 2007. Quite bushy, upright plant - masses of yellow flowers on long stems, as you see from the close-up shot. Any ideas, people?    |
06-02-2008, 09:15 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Coastal Plant
I think it might be a vetch
Certainly a legume
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06-02-2008, 09:53 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Coastal Plant
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Originally Posted by Bub-les  I think it might be a vetch
Certainly a legume
Sorry that's the best I can do at the mo! | Hello again! Yes, I thought from the shape of the flowers it could possibly be a member of the pea family or similar. I just had another run through my little wild flower book and I can't seem to match it to anything ... again! |
06-02-2008, 10:50 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Coastal Plant
Hi Jez, it looks like a species of Melilot, possibly Tall Melilot, Melilotus altissima |
06-02-2008, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by JennyS Hi Jez, it looks like a species of Melilot, possibly Tall Melilot, Melilotus altissima | Hi Jenny - you know, that was the nearest I got with my book, but the picture of the flowers didn't quite seem to match up with mine somehow, so I discounted the Melilots ...  |
06-02-2008, 11:04 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Coastal Plant
That looks like a good match to me |
06-02-2008, 11:16 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Coastal Plant
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Originally Posted by Bub-les That looks like a good match to me | Could it possibly be Ribbed Meliot ( Melilotus officinalis)? As far as I understand it there's not a lot of difference between them, except Tall has hairy seed pods and Ribbed has hairless, ribbed pods ... |
06-02-2008, 11:17 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Coastal Plant
Hi again Jez, Quote: |
that was the nearest I got with my book, but the picture of the flowers didn't quite seem to match up with mine somehow
| I know that one only too well! Illustrations and/or photos of the same plant in different books can sometimes look very different..... 
Its a good idea to have several to compare between - there are several threads on here about good reference books......
Checking flower proportions is another id pointer between melilots - length of wings compared to keel etc.
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06-02-2008, 02:31 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Coastal Plant
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Originally Posted by JennyS Checking flower proportions is another id pointer between melilots - length of wings compared to keel etc. | Cheers, Jenny - I must remember to pack my tape measure next time! |
06-02-2008, 04:06 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified Coastal Plant
I ought to take a ruler out photographing too .... but for this one you can get an indication from the written descriptions of the flower:
Tall Melilot: standard (top), wings (side) and keel (bottom) more or less equal.
Ribbed Melilot: Standard and wings more/less equal, keel shorter | | | |
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