flower for id please.

Naturenutz · #1 (**permalink**) 26-06-2010, 09:12 PM

Is this a st johns wort ? Larger leafs on the lower stem. Sorry i havnt a more detailed photo.

IanS · #2 (**permalink**) 26-06-2010, 09:27 PM

hi
No its not. I'm not sure but it reminds me of a marsh ragwort

Dorts · #3 (**permalink**) 26-06-2010, 09:31 PM

No, it's not St.John's Wort. It's a Senecio, Groundsels & Ragworts.
Either a 'rayed' Groundsel or possibly Oxford Ragwort.
Dorts.

aeshna5 · #4 (**permalink**) 27-06-2010, 05:18 AM

Not the best of images to ID from. Undoubtedly a Senecio- doesn't look like Oxford Ragwort to me though, but wouldn't like to put a definitive ID to it !

Dorts · #5 (**permalink**) 27-06-2010, 10:35 AM

'aeshna',
Yes, I think you've got it in Marsh Ragwort. Probably a month away from flowering up here so I didn't think of it as a contender.
Dorts.

AlanS · #6 (**permalink**) 05-07-2010, 12:33 AM

This is very untidy-looking for pure-bred Marsh Ragwort.

More likely it is the hybrid of Marsh and Common Ragwort - Senecio x ostenfeldii.

Highly fertile, backcrosses with either parent, locally more common than Marsh Ragwort or persists where Marsh Ragwort has been lost through drainage, intermediate in a whole range of characters, often has this untidy habit not shown by either parent. It comes into flower 1-2 weeks before Marsh Ragwort and often continues into the autumn.

Much under-recorded.

Alan