Confirmation, and I.D please

[wildherbalian85]

Some may remember a couple of weeks ago i was seeking an I.D of a plant that was growing in amongst a patch of henbane and unfortunately no definitive identification was made. Today i ventured back to the location to see how things were growing... i have taken a few more pictures of the plant in question. As you will see it is now in flower and so too is the henbane which to my surprise appears to be of the biennial type (rather late to be coming into flower).... "Common Fumitory" was mentioned but later dismissed by members, but having gone back and seen it in flower i believe that it is probably Common Fumitory

the plant with the henbane.....





the plant...





This other plant i noticed.. when i was climbing under railings to get to a henbane plant in a rather odd place, upon dipping under the bar my nose happened to pass close to this plant and i noticed a rather pleasant "fruity" smell but i have no idea what it is...



regards to the henbane plant it was growing from the cracks in the concreate slab floor of this animal pen....





... it must have been using the mixture of rotting straw and manure for its nutrients, it was about 25cm in hight.

[Pete Collins]

Not sure about the Fumitory. The other plant (with the black blotches on the leaves) is Redshank.

Pete

[djackso]

The fruity plant appears to be Persicaria maculosa.

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by Pete Collins

Not sure about the Fumitory. The other plant (with the black blotches on the leaves) is Redshank.

Pete

Thanks for the I.D on the redshank "plant"

Here is a picture of a fumitory flower (for comparison) pinched from google - mine ended up a little blured though...

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by djackso

The fruity plant appears to be Persicaria maculosa.

thanks

[djackso]

Originally Posted by wildherbalian85

Here is a picture of a fumitory flower (for comparison) pinched from google - mine ended up a little blured though...

Mmmm - looks different - the leaves seem all wrong, although the flowers are similar.

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by djackso

Mmmm - looks different - the leaves seem all wrong, although the flowers are similar.

I see what you mean, yes the flowers are very similar in appearance but the leaves don't match

Prohaps it's of the Fumitory family just not common fumitory??

[djackso]

I agree - but I can't find any pictures of a similar plant on the web. There are around 50 species of Fumaria Worldwide. And similar plants that aren't in this genus. I guess it could be one of those.

[JennyS]

I see what you mean, yes the flowers are very similar in appearance but the leaves don't match

No, they wouldn't! The flower is a Fumitory, the leaves I'm sure were ID-ed in that previous post - Phacelia.

[djackso]

Cheers - phew - that WAS confusing me.