Unidentified flower

[WhiskyBottle]

These have been sitting in my 'working' folder since I took them at the end of June. I can't find a match for them. They were about three feet tall (1 metre for the young ones)
They were growing wide by a drainage ditch in Somerset but I can't garrantee they're native.




Thanks

Martin

[aeshna5]

Not native, but sometimes naturalised, it's the white form (yellow is the normal colour) of Moth Mullein, Verbascum blattaria. Nice find.

I found 2 plants with creamy white flowers in my local country park this year.

[Lancashire Lad]

Nice find Martin.
Now that you've got the ID, what about adding your pics to this thread as well?
Albino Flower Photo Board

Regards
Mike.

[Adam Cheeseman]

Without being too picky, they're white colour variants not albino as are Pete's pics in the other thread.

Cheers,

Adam

[KeenTeen17]

well its not verbascum chaixii or v. nigrum so I think moth mullein is a good suggestion

[davidbr]

I'd agree with that, although it's not always easy to be certain of these from just a close-up of the flowers.

I've only ever seen one plant of V. blattaria, many years ago in a Gloucestershire quarry - I guess it's just one of those casuals you're occasionally lucky enough to come across, hopefully I'll be able to track one down over the coming season

[WhiskyBottle]

Thanks folks.

I knew I'd seen that flower shape before and now I can compare it with the Great & Dark Mullien that I have pictures of.

I wish I'd got more pictures of it now, it's not a site I'll ever be able to get into again.

The photo was a focus stack of three, must have been a still day.

Martin