I.D. For Wildflower

Jackaroo · #1 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 04:58 PM

Can someone help me with this? I know it's pretty common but can't find an I.D. for it.

Cheers, Jack.

earthdragon64 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 05:19 PM

It's a Fumitory species, Fumaria sp, but as it's quite a tricky group, that's as far as I'll venture.

Regards, Audrey.

Jackaroo · #3 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by earthdragon64

It's a Fumitory species, Fumaria sp, but as it's quite a tricky group, that's as far as I'll venture.

Regards, Audrey.

Thanks Audrey, looks like F.officinalis.

Errrrr.... or maybe muralis, scratches head.

Hedera · #4 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 06:06 PM

I think this is F. purpurea, Purple ramping fumitory. The large number of florets and the lower lip shape fit.

Jackaroo · #5 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Hedera

I think this is F. purpurea, Purple ramping fumitory. The large number of florets and the lower lip shape fit.

Thanks, nothing personal Hedera, or you, Audrey: But I think I'll just label it as Fumitory, period. These bloody things are as bad as Diptera. Somebody's bound to come up with another species every other minute.

Jackaroo · #6 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 07:18 PM

O.k. Didn't mean to be ungracious. I did ask and thanks very much, both.

Dorts · #7 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackaroo

Thanks, nothing personal Hedera, or you, Audrey: But I think I'll just label it as Fumitory, period. These bloody things are as bad as Diptera. Somebody's bound to come up with another species every other minute.

I think you are probably wise. There are very few Fumitory's that you can accurately ID from a single photo.
Dorts.

Jackaroo · #8 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Dorts

I think you are probably wise. There are very few Fumitory's that you can accurately ID from a single photo.
Dorts.

Hi Dorts, you may call me shallow but the botany doesn't particularly float my boat, but I do know that so many plants often considered weeds and pests are quite beautiful if you get down on your hands and knees and take a close look at them, and that does float my boat. I don't need to know their Sunday names.

Dorts · #9 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackaroo

Hi Dorts, you may call me shallow but the botany doesn't particularly float my boat, but I do know that so many plants often considered weeds and pests are quite beautiful if you get down on your hands and knees and take a close look at them, and that does float my boat. I don't need to know their Sunday names.

Most things become more interesting when you get 'down and dirty' with them, particularly plants,
(and they don't fly away). They have 'floated my boat' from quite an early age, (as have many things).

Dorts.

Meta menardi · #10 (**permalink**) 07-08-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackaroo

Hi Dorts, you may call me shallow but the botany doesn't particularly float my boat, but I do know that so many plants often considered weeds and pests are quite beautiful if you get down on your hands and knees and take a close look at them, and that does float my boat. I don't need to know their Sunday names.

By your own comment you show that Botany does float your boat, I agree that the "sunday name" is not always needed, observe that habitat, the soil type the other plants growing there and you are a long way towards being deep, link it with other things like invertebates and so on, you are looking wide rather than deep,but wide is not the same as shallow.