3 Flowers for ID

[Tormentil]

Can sks ID these please. All at Redhill NR, a chalk grassland meadow.

#2 a Hypericum ?

#3 a Mentha ?

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[Deer Stalker]

Hi Ben.

1. Betony Stachys officinalis.

2. Hypericum, did you get a shot of the stem?

3 Marjoram Origanum vulgare.

[Tormentil]

Thanks DS.

#2. Unfortunately I did n't get a shot of the stem. I'll put it down as Hypericum sp.

[leifus]

i agree with deer stalker

[Tormentil]

As the St John's Wort was growing on dry chalk uplands, would n't it more likely to be H. perforatum ?

[leifus]

dunno i've found both on calcareous soil

[AlanS]

The Hypericum is definitely H. perforatum. We have a good view of the calyx teeth, which are diagnostic, and the narrow, parallel-sided leaves are a good indication too.

Of course, that is on today's concepts. H. perforatum is a problematical species, with many plants so-named being hybrids, and the whole complex is currently being looked at.

Alan

[Tormentil]

Thanks Alan.