Can anyone have a confident stab at id-ing the marsh orchid I've found at a site in South Wales. The pictures are included in a photo album called Mystery...
Hi Andre, I like the excellent "Orchids of Britain and Ireland, a Field and Site Guide" by Anne and Simon Harrap. Combination of stature, location, flower...
I think I'd go with Brassica nigra, which can be glabrous by the way. But I agree with Rodney that the lower leaf outline is very odd - more like a Sinapis...
... found at a site in South Wales. I'm going to have a stab at answering this one (although I claim no 'authority' in the matter). I'm pretty sure that some...
Hi Rodney / Darrel Well I think the B nigra is the best fit but this one was a devil to ID and key , it may well be some form of hybrid ? perhaps or because it...
I agree it doesn't look like a Barbarea - also I don't think thry grow to 5ft do they? Gill ... completely. ... right for ... Behalf ... as ... s.com, ... ...
<<With Dactylorhiza's, if you are somewhere where there is more than 1 "species", or there are a large number of flowers you can usually find some that won't...
Hi All Thank you all for your valuanble comments , despite scouring all the images of the unknown Brassica I could not find a hair on the plant or stem and the...
Colin, It's creeping yellow-cress, Rorippa sylvestris. The pods shaped like babies' feeding bottles are, as you say, most distinctive. Rodney _____ From:...
Thanks Rodney This one is a new one for me . I shall put it on the Records for this nature reserve , many thanks for your help in nailing this one , and when...
Hi Phil Thats the first photo I have seen of it. I heard a radio 4 programme in May about the time of the opening, about the walk way. It looks fun and...
Hi Folks Please find in the folder below a vetch for comment it had mostly solitary flowers or flowers in one or twos mostly purple , the leaves are fine ,...
Hi Colin This looks like Grass vetchling to me -Lathyrus nissolia. It is Known at Cromwell Bottom Cheers Colin P Duke [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi Col I did think it might be but then remembered the plant found last year on Cromwell. The vetch pictured has has a number of flower heads and finely ...
Thank you Jon Both sativa and angustifolia tend to be referenced as Narrow Leaved Vetch generally but yes from what I have seen so far on the net angustifolia...
Hi Again All Include amongst the plants below is a Grass Specimen growing along the edge of canal between Brighouse and Elland . Quite tall it grew to about 5...
Colin, Looks like Glyceria maxima, reed sweet-grass, to me. Tends to form big patches, which conceal the edge of the water - tread carefully! Rodney _____ ...
Hi all, A brief update on the current status of Ceph rubra in England: 1. Hampshire: The site is not managed by the Hant Wildlife Trust any more, instead by...
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Cheers Rodney Exactly fits your description. Much appreciated Colin D ... to form ... carefully! Rodney ... On Behalf ... the ... as ... 7/1/2008...
Has a rather distinctive pointed ligule if I remember correctly. Phil ... From: colinduke2003 To: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:24...
Hello Colin, Your plant is probably Geranium dissectum. Regards, Peter Llewellyn __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your...
Colin, This is cut-leaved cranesbill, Geranium dissectum. Cut leaves, of course, and the flowers are held close to the foliage. The only other one with cut...
Hello All, The onion shown in the photo at http://tinyurl.com/6qtqpz was photographed on 15 June 2008 at Sandwich Bay in Kent. The only allium that I am...
Crhis, This looks very much like crow garlic to me, and that is certainly a common species at Sandwich Bay. Most often this species does not flower at all, it...
Thank you Peter / Rodney I will revisit and use the Stace key Many thanks again. http://www.willowherb.bravehost.com/plants/cutleaf_cranesbill.html Colin D ...
