A few in need of ID help

[davidbr]

I'd be grateful for people's opinions & help in naming these few;

1: Looks like a Chenopodium, but if it is I can't figure out which



2: Having looked at it again, I now think this is just a variant of Yellow-sorrel (Oxalis corniculata). But I thought I'd see what others felt anyway



3: I'm pretty sure this is a spindle Euonymus sp., although it didn't have a single fruit of any description on a tree of about 15ft high. It's without a doubt the most vivid red leaves I've ever seen;



4: A species of mallow, obviously, this one sprung up at the alien hot-spot of Abbey Wood Station, Filton, and is still in flower now. Note the hairy stems in the (not very clear...) close-up;



5: The flower on this one makes me think of a Chenopodium sp and the closest I've got is Mexican-tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides)...

[davidbr]

6: Lastly, this was growing out of pavement cracks, alongside a couple of Amaranths and a Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium). Probably a species of Orache (Atriplex) and probably nothing unusual, I just can't get my head around it



Thanks

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by davidbr

6: Lastly, this was growing out of pavement cracks, alongside a couple of Amaranths and a Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium). Probably a species of Orache (Atriplex) and probably nothing unusual, I just can't get my head around it



Thanks

This looks like Common Orache (Atriplex patula) to me

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by davidbr

2: Having looked at it again, I now think this is just a variant of Yellow-sorrel (Oxalis corniculata). But I thought I'd see what others felt anyway

Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea

[Hedera]

The mallow could be Musk mallow with those heads of flowers and hairy stems but the colour is a bit pale.

[pleb]

No. 1 looks like it could be Chenopodium polyspermum. Many-seeded Goosefoot.

[davidbr]

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This really does look like Mexican-tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides) which apparently is well-established around London; is anyone from London or Surrey familiar with it?

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by davidbr

This really does look like Mexican-tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides) which apparently is well-established around London; is anyone from London or Surrey familiar with it?[/quote]

Nay I'm not a suvverner but it does look like Mexican Tea from the pictures online.

[davidbr]

I've since accepted that one as Mexican-tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides), the images available online aren't wonderful but those I have been able to find are a perfect match. Habitat also fits, too, as a casual on new dirt amongst other similar plants (Corn Cockle, Petunia, Niger etc).

No. 1 I've had to put down as Many-seeded Goosefoot (Chenopodium polyspermum), though I'm not 100% happy with it, and No.3 as European Spindle (Euonymus europaeus). The E. europaeus bushes I'm used to seeing in more wild situations don't look anything like as vivid as that one, but apparently there are some cultivars especially bred for autumn colour.

No.4, I'll have to accept as Musk Mallow simply because I can't find any other matches; it's not Rough Marsh-mallow, which was my only other thought, so just an unusual aberration perhaps?