I.D Please

[stevecurtis]

help please


which Broomrape please


all the best steve

[Dorts]

Hi Steve
1. is Hedge Mustard - Sysimbrium officinale A common wayside weed.

2. is Ivy Broomrape - Orobanche hederae. A parasitic plant that is found on Ivy.
A good find, not common.

[stevecurtis]

Thanks Dorts very much.

all the best steve

[leifus]

Originally Posted by Dorts

Hi Steve
1. is Hedge Mustard - Sysimbrium officinale A common wayside weed.

2. is Ivy Broomrape - Orobanche hederae. A parasitic plant that is found on Ivy.
A good find, not common.

yeah it's pretty unusual to come across ivy broomrape! I've seen it on the Isle of Wight but it's a rather nice plant good find!

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by leifus

yeah it's pretty unusual to come across ivy broomrape! I've seen it on the Isle of Wight but it's a rather nice plant good find!

I remember seeing it even in an Ivy covered window-box on IOW; seemed locally common there.

[Hobjob]

I think your county recorder would like to know about this one!

[stevecurtis]

Thank you all for your comments and help.

[AlanS]

Actually, the first photograph is Black Mustard, Brassica nigra, not Hedge Mustard. Local but sometimes abundant on roadside banks, wasteground, etc., more so in the west I think. Very conspicuous along many of the roadsides in Devon and Cornwall at the moment.

No problems with the Ivy Broomrape, but it is interesting to note that it seems not to occur on Common Ivy (Hedera helix), but only, in native situations, on Atlantic Ivy (Hedera hibernica), now regarded as a separate species. The host is coastal and western in its distribution and so is the broomrape (though recorded on other ivies in gardens).

Alan

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by AlanS

Actually, the first photograph is Black Mustard, Brassica nigra, not Hedge Mustard. Local but sometimes abundant on roadside banks, wasteground, etc., more so in the west I think. Very conspicuous along many of the roadsides in Devon and Cornwall at the moment.

No problems with the Ivy Broomrape, but it is interesting to note that it seems not to occur on Common Ivy (Hedera helix), but only, in native situations, on Atlantic Ivy (Hedera hibernica), now regarded as a separate species. The host is coastal and western in its distribution and so is the broomrape (though recorded on other ivies in gardens).

Alan

Alan, you are of course spot on, Black Mustard is what I meant to say.
I,m afraid it's due to one of those mental blocks we occasionally get; thinking of one thing and saying something completely different!
Thanks for pointing it out.
Dorts.

[stevecurtis]

Thank you AlanS for the reply,and thanks Dorts for all your help.