Identification please

geoff956 · #1 (**permalink**) 31-07-2011, 03:35 PM

My son who is on holiday in the Lake District has sent me this flower picture to identify.
He hasn't told me the height of it. Can't find anything like it in my book.
Could it be a garden escapee?

Many thanks in advance.

aeshna5 · #2 (**permalink**) 31-07-2011, 03:45 PM

It's one of the very many confusing Michaelmas Daisy group, Aster sp which includes various species, hybrids + cultivars which are largely of North American origin.

Without a specimen to work through keys I think any precise ID will be speculative.

Very popular flowers with a variety of insects.

geoff956 · #3 (**permalink**) 31-07-2011, 05:36 PM

Hi,
Many thanks for the prompt reply. So it's definitely not a wild flower then?

aeshna5 · #4 (**permalink**) 31-07-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by geoff956

Hi,
Many thanks for the prompt reply. So it's definitely not a wild flower then?

Not native but many Michaelmas Daisies grow in the wild here as naturalised aliens (some very successfully!), so still classed as wild flowers. They are technically known as neophytes which are plants established in the wild since 1500.