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10-07-2009, 07:24 AM
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| | | Flower ID
Is this a Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare ?   |
10-07-2009, 11:00 AM
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| | | Re: Flower ID
No, it's Common Ragwort ( Senecio jacobaea), with the flowers just about to open 
The Ragwort plants are just coming into bloom in the south-west about now, making a lovely show on coastal dunes  |
10-07-2009, 12:24 PM
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| | | Re: Flower ID
The black tips on the inner and outer bracts, and the clasping upper leaves, suggest Senecio vulgaris rather than S. jacobaea (he says, not too confidently) |
10-07-2009, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by treecreeper  The black tips on the inner and outer bracts, and the clasping upper leaves, suggest Senecio vulgaris rather than S. jacobaea (he says, not too confidently) | I'll agree with Treecreeper. I think Oxford Ragwort has the black tips to the sepals.  |
10-07-2009, 03:28 PM
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Thanks very much peeps. |
10-07-2009, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17 I'll agree with Treecreeper. I think Oxford Ragwort has the black tips to the sepals. |
I don't think you are agreeing with Treecreeper as he is suggesting Groundsel + you appear to be suggesting Oxford Ragwort! 
I'm with David- Common Ragwort! |
10-07-2009, 09:54 PM
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| | | Re: Flower ID
Is that a Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis in the background, do you think?
Phil
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11-07-2009, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by pleb Is that a Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis in the background, do you think?
Phil |
Yes it is! |
11-07-2009, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 I don't think you are agreeing with Treecreeper as he is suggesting Groundsel + you appear to be suggesting Oxford Ragwort!
I'm with David- Common Ragwort! | 
I must have confused the Latin Names. Sorry  |
11-07-2009, 07:52 PM
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I've spent the day looking at scores of common ragworts Senecio jacobaea. I am certain now that Tormentil's plant is Senecio jacobaea as identified by davidbr and aeshna5. With one exception all the plants I looked at had black tips on the involucre bracts, but in some cases only just. Most books use this feature as a diagnostic for some species of Senecio, but I'm left wondering if it's much use. | | |
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