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14-07-2008, 05:48 PM
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Can anyone identify this small green flower that was growing in a hedgerow here in Berkshire yesterday. I'm not sure if the leaves shown are part of it or not. The flowers were about 1cm across. 
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14-07-2008, 06:00 PM
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Thinks it's Bryony but not sure which one.
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14-07-2008, 06:36 PM
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Jules has it- White Bryony! 
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14-07-2008, 06:49 PM
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Yes white bryony |
14-07-2008, 06:52 PM
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Great stuff, thanks guys
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15-07-2008, 10:12 AM
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white bryony. thats another plant you only get down south! |
15-07-2008, 10:40 AM
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Yes, Bryonia dioica and where you find that you may find Epilachna argus, the bryony ladybird. Image:Coccinelle des melons Epilachna argus-1.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
This is a fairly recent addition to the British fauna and, so far, white bryony has been its only food source. Well worth looking out for - so far only seen in Surrey and Middlesex but should be spreading along the Thames valley .... . Quote:
Originally Posted by agrumpycow  Can anyone identify this small green flower that was growing in a hedgerow here in Berkshire yesterday. I'm not sure if the leaves shown are part of it or not. The flowers were about 1cm across. | |
15-07-2008, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by jhewitt15 white bryony. thats another plant you only get down south! | We have it up here in the west mids too!
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15-07-2008, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by jhewitt15 white bryony. thats another plant you only get down south! | Yep a common plant. |
15-07-2008, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Jez We have it up here in the west mids too! | We have it in Sheffield ..... although no ladybirds as yet ... 
I suppose it's worth noting that it is poisonous in all parts of the plant .... |
15-07-2008, 11:28 AM
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It seems to be quite common round this part of the Chiltern Hills, I see it quite frequently when I go for a walk. For instance, there's some just up the road from me at Bison Hill, Whipsnade. |
15-07-2008, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott We have it in Sheffield ..... although no ladybirds as yet ...
I suppose it's worth noting that it is poisonous in all parts of the plant .... | I've got some growing in the garden & same goes no ladybirds seen on it either
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15-07-2008, 12:12 PM
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There were plenty of ladybirds around and about it but they seemed to all be harlequins
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15-07-2008, 04:05 PM
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Not just ladybirds. There was a recent thread about a gall fly (Tephritidae) on Bryony, and about three weeks ago I saw lots of the capsid bug Grypocoris stysi around the flowers.
There's a super photo of the latter taken by Claire recently :  . Don't know what the plant is tho'
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