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02-07-2009, 09:39 PM
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| | | 2 Plants for I.D.
The first was quite tall and the seed head was about the size of a tennis ball.  
The second looked like a dandelion but had all these spikes on the leaves.  
Probably both quite common, but not to me.  |
02-07-2009, 09:51 PM
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| | | Re: 2 Plants for I.D.
I think the first one is Goatsbeard, and the second bristly Oxtongue. |
02-07-2009, 10:54 PM
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Thank you. |
03-07-2009, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Hedera  I think the first one is Goatsbeard, and the second bristly Oxtongue. | Correct - Great find on the Bristly Oxtongue  |
03-07-2009, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17 Correct - Great find on the Bristly Oxtongue | Is it a rarity in your part of the country, then? Bristly Oxtongue is a common weed of waste ground in the south
It's Hawkweed Oxtongue that I've been having real trouble finding...  |
03-07-2009, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by davidbr It's Hawkweed Oxtongue that I've been having real trouble finding... | If you found this with Orobanche picridis growing on it I think that would constitute a satisfactory day! |
03-07-2009, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by davidbr Is it a rarity in your part of the country, then? Bristly Oxtongue is a common weed of waste ground in the south
It's Hawkweed Oxtongue that I've been having real trouble finding... | I was also surprised by KT's comment as it's 1 of the commonest wildflowers I see. Hawkweed Ox-tongue less frequent, but still see it regularly. |
03-07-2009, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 I was also surprised by KT's comment as it's 1 of the commonest wildflowers I see. Hawkweed Ox-tongue less frequent, but still see it regularly. | I have only ever seen it in one locality near me where the woodland was disturbed when they were doing felling work so all the ground was churned up. I might have seen it elsewhere dismissing it as a Sonchus |
04-07-2009, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17 I have only ever seen it in one locality near me where the woodland was disturbed when they were doing felling work so all the ground was churned up. I might have seen it elsewhere dismissing it as a Sonchus | In some areas this species seems to be extremely common but in many areas it can be quite scarce. I see it fairly infrequently where I am now, but when I used to live in Milton Keynes it was by far one of the commonest plant species. |
06-07-2009, 10:33 PM
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| | | Re: 2 Plants for I.D.
Hi,
I think the first one is Salsify. We have quite a lot of it growing along ditches around us. At this time the seed heads are like very large dandelions, about tennis ball size. In the first photo I can see a flower bud, quite distinctive. 
Last edited by KateW; 06-07-2009 at 10:43 PM.
Reason: Add photo.
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