Wildflowers for ID and a tree

[chrishorak]

These are some flowers I am trying to ID.

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3. There seem to be a lot of very similar flowers in my books and I suspect this photo may not give enough detail, but hoping someone can narrow down the possibilities.


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5. This is a tree - the closest I can find seems to be Elm, but it doesn't seem quite right.

[aeshna5]

1 Wild Basil, Clinopodium vulgare
2 Ribwort, Plantago lanceolata
3 Hoary Ragwort, Senecio erucifolius
4 Common Fleabane, Pulicaria dysenterica
5 Common (English) Elm Ulmus procera

[chrishorak]

Thank you very much

[KeenTeen17]

number 1 looks more like marsh woundwort to me. The heads on wild basil aren't as big as in the photo

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

number 1 looks more like marsh woundwort to me. The heads on wild basil aren't as big as in the photo

For starters the leaves of this species are a totally different shape + though the flowers are a similar colour the inflorescence is also wrong for this!

[leifus]

3 common ragwort i think

otherwise i agree with aeshna

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by leifus

3 common ragwort i think

otherwise i agree with aeshna

This was the plant i had to look most closely at, but Hoary generally has a more open infloresecence than Common + the longer inner bracts are dark-tipped in Common + greenish in Hoary. For both of these reasons I believe the photo to show Hoary. The leaves are different to, but not too obvious in this photo, though what I do see points towards Hoary for me.

[JennyS]

Yes, I'd agree with aeshna5 that its Hoary and not Common Ragwort

[KeenTeen17]

indeed it looks hoary

[leifus]

hoary it is then