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29-04-2009, 11:10 PM
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| | | Three for ID
This saxifrage was one I found earlier today, growing on rocks in Cheddar village, Somerset. It's probably just London-pride ( Saxifraga x urbium), but something about it just doesn't seem right... 
And, while we're about it, hopefully someone can help me clear these two up from last year. The spurge I'd originally ID'd as Broad-leaved Spurge ( Euphorbia platyphyllos), but now I'm having serious doubts, and I'd welcome an opinion as to whether the broomrape is Common or Ivy   (it's a xexexexe picture because it was before I got a half-decent camera, and I used to take them all on my mobile phone  )  |
30-04-2009, 05:28 AM
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| | | Re: Three for ID
I don't suppose you have a better pic of a leaf of the londonpride?
I don't think it is Euphorbia platyphyllos either, though I haven't got a better suggestion at the moment. |
30-04-2009, 09:38 AM
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three might be a broomrape |
30-04-2009, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17  three might be a broomrape | sorry I meant to write common broomrape |
30-04-2009, 10:34 AM
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I see much more ivy broomrape than common broomrape in the places I walk. The photo doesn't show the purple venation in the flowers which is characteristic of ivy broomrape ...ditto any general purple flushing, another feature. And, of course, there is no ivy to be seen! I think it's common broomrape.
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30-04-2009, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Tiggrx I don't suppose you have a better pic of a leaf of the londonpride?
I don't think it is Euphorbia platyphyllos either, though I haven't got a better suggestion at the moment. | 
That's about the best I managed, unfortunately. |
30-04-2009, 08:49 PM
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Definitely London Pride - I took a photo of mine outside in the planter today. |
30-04-2009, 08:54 PM
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Could the brown/white one be Toothwort? Most broomrapes have some bluish colouration. |
30-04-2009, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by davidbr
That's about the best I managed, unfortunately. | For IDing Londonpride it is usually necessary to look at leaf shape and hairiness of the leaf stalk, so try to take photos of this angle if possible in future. 
This one happens to be S. hirsuta which I came across the other day growing in a mixed colony with what I think was S. x polita. |
30-04-2009, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Hedera Could the brown/white one be Toothwort? Most broomrapes have some bluish colouration. | Definitely a broomrape. Toothwort has quite a different look | | | |
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