Great Burnet?

[Mantaray]

Hi There,

Found lots of these in a damp meadow, can anyone help me identify it, think it could be Great Burnet but i'm not too sure? Its driving me mad as it seems familiar. Probably really common. But I can't tell as the flower head is dead.

Would be grateful for anyones assistance.

Thanks,

D

[Dorts]

Hi Mantaray, a warm welcome to WAB.
I think your plant is Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris.
Great Burnet grows to well over a meter in height and has quite a hard dense seed head.
Dorts.

[Mantaray]

Thanks for that. Seems obvious now, the dead flower head really threw me!

What a great website!

Thanks again.

D

[Ladywell]

Originally Posted by Dorts

Hi Mantaray, a warm welcome to WAB.
I think your plant is Self Heal - Prunella vulgaris.
Great Burnet grows to well over a meter in height and has quite a hard dense seed head.
Dorts.

There you go again - I said you were an expert!!

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by Ladywell

There you go again - I said you were an expert!!

I was very fortunate to have spent time botanising in the esteemed company of probably Britain's greatest field botanist, Dr. Francis Rose.
Now he really was an expert!
Dorts.

[Ladywell]

Originally Posted by Dorts

I was very fortunate to have spent time botanising in the esteemed company of probably Britain's greatest field botanist, Dr. Francis Rose.
Now he really was an expert!
Dorts.

And he clearly had a very good pupil!!