i.d help please

[stevecurtis]

help please

[Deb London]

I think that's Daucus carota, Wild Carrot.

[Dorts]

I agree, Wild Carrot. The only common white umbelifer with three-forked bracts surrounding the umbel. Often has a single central mauve-flowered floret.
Dorts.

[stevecurtis]

Thank you very much for your help, is it the only umbelifer with the single central mauve-flowered floret?

all the best steve

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by stevecurtis

Thank you very much for your help, is it the only umbelifer with the single central mauve-flowered floret?

all the best steve

I think so - but just to complicate things it doesn't always have this central red flower! (Nothing's ever easy is it!) It does always have this rather frilly under the flowers appearance.

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by stevecurtis

Thank you very much for your help, is it the only umbelifer with the single central mauve-flowered floret?
all the best steve

I have very occasionally seen a red/mauve floret among the flowers of Hogweed, but that's the only other one I know of.
Dorts.

[stevecurtis]

Great help thank you.
all the best steve