[ID] 3 brownfield plants, please!

[Jason Green]

Morning all,

Three for ID if I may, please!

27/06/10

Bunch of flowers growing at ground-level
Maybe about 10-20mm across per flowerhead

27/06/10

Bindweed-like sapling
5ft tall, no flowers and similar in build to Bindweed

27/06/10

Hedgerow plant, Dead-nettle style
Looks like a Dead-nettle, but not entirely sure of that

Thanks for looking!

Take care,

Jason

[Hedera]

The first one is a bit like Feverfew.
Last one Ground Ivy.

[earthdragon64]

I don't know the first two Jason, but the third one is Hegde Woundwort - Stachys sylvatica.

Regards, Audrey.

Or maybe Ground Ivy, although it looks too tall, but on reflection the flower looks closer.

[Dorts]

1. Double-flowered Feverfew. - of garden origin.
2. Young shoot of Apple
3&4 Black Horehound - Ballota nigra (becoming quite scarce)
Dorts.

[Jason Claxton]

The first looks like Feverfew "Flore pleno" type thing.

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Dorts

1. Double-flowered Feverfew. - of garden origin.
2. Young shoot of Apple
3&4 Black Horehound - Ballota nigra (becoming quite scarce)
Dorts.

I think this it right too.

[Jason Green]

Thanks all!

[Tiggrx]

2. looks like a sapling of Goat Willow (Salix caprea) to me

[AshLee]

Are these all from the same site? If that is a willow, all three have medicinal properties.

Feverfew contains parthenolide, tanetin etc (used to treat headaches).

S. caprea contains salicin (anti-inflammatory agent).

Black Horehound contains phenylpropanoids (used to treat nausea and morning sickness).

You seem to have discovered a "garden" Culpeper himself would be proud of.

[Jason Green]

Certainly seem to have done! The area backs onto gardens and has obviously had fly-tipping (from them, I imagine - hence all the escapes) in the past. Still, it's an excellent site invertebrate-wise and has good stands of Nettle, Thistles, Oak, Hawthorn, Buddleia...

Thanks both and all!