A few more flowers for ID

[htcdude]

Any help appreciated

All were taken this morning at Minet Country Park, Middlesex.

Scentless Mayweed?


Unknown Grass #1


Unknown Grass 2



Couldn't find any answer for this even though it was very common throughout the park


Thanks,

Nige

[Dorts]

1. Yes, almost certainly Scentless Mayweed, no down-turned petals.
2. (Grass 1.) Tall Fescue.
3. (Grass 2.) Yorkshire Fog.
4. Goat's Rue.
Dorts.

[htcdude]

Originally Posted by Dorts

1. Yes, almost certainly Scentless Mayweed, no down-turned petals.
2. (Grass 1.) Tall Fescue.
3. (Grass 2.) Yorkshire Fog.
4. Goat's Rue.
Dorts.

Thanks Dorts!

If petals were down-turned would that make it Scented Mayweed? There were some like this.

Nige

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by htcdude

Thanks Dorts!

If petals were down-turned would that make it Scented Mayweed? There were some like this.
Nige

The petals of all Mayweeds turn-down, often quite soon after opening; in Scentless M, by far our commonest species, they don't do this until much later and stay with petals sticking outwards far longer, so in any group of plants it's always worth noting. It's just one of my ID aids, (not foolproof but helps when you can't smell the plant).

It's always worth smelling the leaves of Mayweeds, helps greatly with ID. So maybe if you go back, you could quickly decide the species via a sniff of the crushed leaves.
Dorts.

[Mele]

Good to know I'm not the only one to sniff id plants!

[Dorts]

If I come across a plant I don't know, I will always smell a crushed leaf. It's a habit worth getting into. (I think plant-sniffing is still legal.)
Nothing more frustrating than getting home, finding there are two very similar species, one has smelly-leaves, the other doesn't, and you forgot to have a sniff.
Dorts.

[Mele]

I really am not alone!

[clb100]

If your sense of smell is not very good (like mine) another difference is the receptacle.

In scented mayweed the receptacle is hollow; in scentless it is solid.