Unidentified Wildflowers

[cherrybee]

My unidentified folder was getting a little full, any help appreciated please

Some kind of growth






This seems to be some kind of growth

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

1 and 4 are Gall's. Number 1 I think is Robin's Pin Cushion made by Diplolepis rosae.

No. 2&3 are Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
No. 5 is Chinese Teaplant - Lycium chinense
No. 6 looks like Hogweed - Heracleum sphondylium
No. 7&8 No idea sorry!

Cheers Jacob

[cherrybee]

Thanks for your help

[JennyS]

Hi, 7 and 8 look like Wild Carrot, Daucus carota

[Pete Collins]

I agree with JennyS that 7 & 8 are Wild Carrot

[Dogghound]

1 & 4 are Diplolepis rosae gall's, each gall holds several larva.

[goosey]

Lovely colourful photos cherrybee, they brighten up a cold miserable day. I like the ones of the galls - they are rather lovely to look at and sound interesting. I know nothing about them but I'd like to find out more, so if any one would like to give me a quick easy lesson on them I'd appreciate it .

[Pete Collins]

Originally Posted by goosey

Lovely colourful photos cherrybee, they brighten up a cold miserable day. I like the ones of the galls - they are rather lovely to look at and sound interesting. I know nothing about them but I'd like to find out more, so if any one would like to give me a quick easy lesson on them I'd appreciate it .

Goosey,

These galls on rose bushes have cropped up quite often on these threads. This was one such thread, which may help you:

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...nt-growth.html

You can always search this forum for 'gall', quite a few threads are thrown up.

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by JennyS

Hi, 7 and 8 look like Wild Carrot, Daucus carota

I agree Jenny- you can just see the characteristic bracts + a little bit of leaf.

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by goosey

Lovely colourful photos cherrybee, they brighten up a cold miserable day. I like the ones of the galls - they are rather lovely to look at and sound interesting. I know nothing about them but I'd like to find out more, so if any one would like to give me a quick easy lesson on them I'd appreciate it .

Hi goosey, Gall's of different shapes and sizes are made by wasps in the Cynipidae family. The oak is the main plant species that gets gall's although they are different to the ones in this thread, Basically the female wasp lays an egg in the plant and then the plant tissues swell up around the larvae when they hatch. The larvae live off the plant tissue causing very little if any damage to the main plant. There are both unilocular galls (one larva) or like the Diplolepis rosae gall in the thread plurilocular galls with several larva. The larva then pupate in these gall's overwinter like this, sometimes the gall drops off (depending on species) and they emerge in the spring.

Diplolepis rosae is a fairly common species and forms the bedeguar gall which is possibly the most attractive of all galls. Although it has a strong wood center to it.