wildflower for id

IanS · #1 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 09:22 PM

hi All
I'm not sure about this plant. I suspect it is nodding bur marigold spp radiata but would appreciate confirmation or correction!

cheers
Ian

aeshna5 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 05:39 AM

I've only seen the regular Bidens cernua + not the radiate form , but it does look like it. I believe it's a variety rather than a subspecies though.

Tiggrx · #3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 06:44 AM

Yes is is the radiate form of Nodding Bur-marigold. It is rather more spectacular than the usual form!

IanS · #4 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 06:58 AM

Brilliant! Thanks guys.
This is the first time I have seen a nodding bur marigold. I was pretty sure it was but seeing other photos on here suggested it wasn't. My very old Kebel Martin has radiata mentioned as a ssp. but it is now just a variety? Either way its much nicer than the normal version. There was loads of this plant growing beside a Norfolk broad.
Is this form particularly rare then???
Cheers

aeshna5 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by IanS

Brilliant! Thanks guys.
This is the first time I have seen a nodding bur marigold. I was pretty sure it was but seeing other photos on here suggested it wasn't. My very old Kebel Martin has radiata mentioned as a ssp. but it is now just a variety? Either way its much nicer than the normal version. There was loads of this plant growing beside a Norfolk broad.
Is this form particularly rare then???
Cheers

Stace regards it as a variety + says it's locally common in NW England, otherwise rare.

KeenTeen17 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 06:07 PM

its all over the sides of the meres at Martin Mere WWT. In Lancs.

Not the radiate form though.

IanS · #7 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 10:00 PM

Thanks for the info.
Interesting its common in the NW but only as the normal type. I much prefer this form!

aeshna5 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-09-2008, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by IanS

Thanks for the info.
Interesting its common in the NW but only as the normal type. I much prefer this form!

I meant the more attractive radiate form is most often found (occasional) in the NW (though apparently not where KT17 is); the regular plant is fairly common in the south + midlands; I see it not infrequently around some ponds in the London area. Stace says the radiate form is very rare away from NW, so that was an excellent find Ian!