Plants for ID please

[rscott74]

I haven't begged yiur indulgence for a few days. Can you help ne with these please?

1) This was next to the walkway west of Hetton Lyons Country ParK, An escape I would assume.




2) This flower was about 2 cm across and next to what is often a small pool of water. I think it looks like something I introduces into my wildlife pond.





3) I assume this is a Hawkweed.





4) I found this on grassland near the shore south of South Shields.

[mrs fish]

The first plant looks like Mullein

botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Mullein, Great

[rscott74]

Thanks Mrs Fish. I think you're correct, and its not an escape. I think I'll study it further when it flowers.

[Deer Stalker]

No.4 is Dropwort Filipendula vulgaris.

[Deer Stalker]

No.3 is Goatsbeard again.

[ceterach]

No 2 top picture, is Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) but I can't see the corresponding foliage in the lower picture.

All the best

[Deer Stalker]

Originally Posted by ceterach

No 2 top picture, is Lesser Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) but I can't see the corresponding foliage in the lower picture.

All the best

Thats what threw me. Agree with Lesser Spearwort.

[Tracey.A]

Dropwort I think (bottom picture).

Tracey

[JennyS]

And what looks like it could be Weld / Dyers Rocket, Reseda luteola in the top right-hand corner of 1. (Or something similar.......)

[rscott74]

Thanks for further replies. Re lesser spearwort, I assumed that the grass-like leaves belonged to the flower. I didn't notice any other vegetation on a fairly barren surface and have no further images of the lower stem or base. I have one closer image of the flower would they assist?

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by JennyS

And what looks like it could be Weld / Dyers Rocket, Reseda luteola in the top right-hand corner of 1. (Or something similar.......)

Just to clarify there are several mulleins and this one is Great Mullein.

Also i think the plant in the top right is Wild Mignonette (and if not then it may be Agrimony)

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Just to clarify there are several mulleins and this one is Great Mullein.

Also i think the plant in the top right is Wild Mignonette (and if not then it may be Agrimony)

You're right it is Wild Mignonette!

[rscott74]

As I recall Wild Mignonette was one of the early IDs given to me on the forum and could probably name it myself thanks to earlier help - there's certainly plenty of it about!
Great Mullien is, to me, an eerie plant - there's something about it I don't like but couldn't really say what it was. I feel it would not taste,feel or smell nice (none of which is probaly true). I thought it was an escape because it occurs in my father-in-law's garden and I never found it attractive.

[Pete Collins]

Originally Posted by Deer Stalker

No.3 is Goatsbeard again.

Deer Stalker, after you confirmed my ID of this flower earlier today, you'll be pleased to know I recognised it straight away in rscott74's photo! I'm learning!

FWIW I also recognised the Great Mullein in photo 1 (and the Wild Mignonette, there's a lot of it round my way at the moment).

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by rscott74

As I recall Wild Mignonette was one of the early IDs given to me on the forum and could probably name it myself thanks to earlier help - there's certainly plenty of it about!
Great Mullien is, to me, an eerie plant - there's something about it I don't like but couldn't really say what it was. I feel it would not taste,feel or smell nice (none of which is probaly true). I thought it was an escape because it occurs in my father-in-law's garden and I never found it attractive.

I know exactly what you mean...Great Mullein is definitely a strange one, however one if its brothers...Dark Mullein is much much more pallitable and attractive. We have it in our lane except the owners of the roadside/garden verge keep mowing it down every year mid flower before i can collect me some seeds =(

[rscott74]

Of the 4 plants that I noted Dropwort seems the most interesting. Wild Flower Key suggests it isn't common in England abd Wales and is rare in E Scotland so I expect it's a good find in N E England. It was also on a very exposed, level. treeless area only 200 m from the North Sea. In bloom it's quite eyecatching like Great Mullien but also very attractive.

[Pete Collins]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

I know exactly what you mean...Great Mullein is definitely a strange one, however one if its brothers...Dark Mullein is much much more pallitable and attractive. We have it in our lane except the owners of the roadside/garden verge keep mowing it down every year mid flower before i can collect me some seeds =(

I agree about Great Mullein - I thought it odd when I first saw it in a flower book, and still think it strange when I come across it now. Perhaps the 'wooly' leaves have something to do with it. Certainly Dark Mullein seems more attractive - I was delighted to find that there's a lot of it at Whipsnade Heath, about a mile from my home.

[Uncle_Filthster]

Originally Posted by rscott74

Of the 4 plants that I noted Dropwort seems the most interesting. Wild Flower Key suggests it isn't common in England abd Wales and is rare in E Scotland so I expect it's a good find in N E England. It was also on a very exposed, level. treeless area only 200 m from the North Sea. In bloom it's quite eyecatching like Great Mullien but also very attractive.

It is rare in County Durham being restricted to a few sites in the region, one of them near South Shields as it's the top end of the Durham mag-lime and probably the site you saw it at