Goldenrod?

[PMJ]

I think this is Goldenrod. Can anyone confirm that?

[AlanS]

Originally Posted by PMJ

I think this is Goldenrod. Can anyone confirm that?

No, I'm afraid not.

It is Hairy St. John's-wort (Hypericum hirsutum).

The golden rods are members of the Daisy family (Asteraceae) and what looks like a single flower is actually a large number of reduced flowers ('florets') all packed together in a single head.

In the St. John's-worts, each individual flower is a fully formed single flower with a set of petals and sepals.

Alan

[animartco]

I can't zoom in, but the leaves look more like lysimachia to me.

[bigdave60dog]

Definately Hypricem. Can`t confirm the hirsitum though.

[PMJ]

Thanks very much. Very helpful indeed.

[AlanS]

Originally Posted by bigdave60dog

Definately Hypricem. Can`t confirm the hirsitum though.

The precise leaf-shape and impressed veins, and also the shape of the inflorescence fit Hypericum hirsutum, and, on enlarged view, the diagnostic dense stem pubescence can be seen pretty much in the centre of the photograph.

Alan

[animartco]

Originally Posted by AlanS

The precise leaf-shape and impressed veins, and also the shape of the inflorescence fit Hypericum hirsutum, and, on enlarged view, the diagnostic dense stem pubescence can be seen pretty much in the centre of the photograph.

Alan

Oh OK Alan S I couldn't get a good blow up on the picture. I thought hypericum at first actually, then thought hang on the leaves are very big. But you managed to see the hairs so, Yes.

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by PMJ

I think this is Goldenrod. Can anyone confirm that?

To help with the original question, here is some Goldenrod - Solidago virgaurea, that I photographed yesterday down beside the river.


Dorts.

[PMJ]

Thanks Dorts, that's very useful. Nice plant, I definitely have not seen that round here. Hopefully I will now recognize it if I see it.

[animartco]

Originally Posted by Dorts

To help with the original question, here is some Goldenrod - Solidago virgaurea, that I photographed yesterday down beside the river.


Dorts.

Dorts, sorry to bring you up on this but while that plant looks like a solidago it ISN'T the plant that most people think of as goldenrod. There are two types of goldenrod, the wild one which has a mophead of yellow flowers, the same flowers as shown but a very different habit, and the cultivar which is much showier with multiple long flower stalks on a head which can be a foot across.