Interesting. And thanks to all who replied to my original post about the scarcity or otherwise of catkins this year. (The alders on the other hand have plenty...
Lucky you! End-May sounds like the perfect time for such a visit, though I'm afraid I can't advise on any specific plants to look out for, or books beyond the...
There is an ornamental willow with purplish stems in the village, that is producing several twigs with a curious growth form - several twigs "stuck together"...
Thanks Gill, No I can't speak much Italian yet - I am learning a bit but mainly stuff to stay alive with! I think I will try to get a local guide - the ones...
Hello, This is fasciation, a growth defect caused by the growing point becoming a row of cells instead of a single cell. Sometimes caused by the bacterium ...
... becoming a ... Yup. However, if I was a gambler and could get 500:1, I'd put some money on a new Taphrina on Salix being discovered soon...:) Stuart ...
Hi all, I got a fasciated stem of Daphne odora flowering in the garden at home, I'm pretty sure this is as the result of a clumsy secateur cut. Celosia...
Kate, There is ‘An annotated checklist of the flora of the Abruzzo’ by F. Conti which I could lend to you if I can find it, but it won’t be of much help...
Hello all, I'm currently completing a management plan for a small wood near Dover. It's a good spot for Lady Orchids and obviously we want to encourage the...
Kelly, Try the Biological Flora account #25 for Orchis purpurea published in the Journal of Ecology vol 36: 366-377 (1948). Author is F. Rose. I don't have a...
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Thanks Malcolm. It might well be damage on this particular branch as the bush was badly cut to avoid growing out over the road; however, it has other fasciated...
Hi Kelly, I've got access to the Rose BFBI paper, email me if you still need a copy. I may also be able to get: Hans Jacquemyn, Rein Brys, Katrien Vandepitte,...
The most striking feature of Aethusa is the conspicuous bracts which don't show in your photo. Leaves a bit like parsley. In my experience, it's a late summer...
... Andy, as Martin says, Fool's parsley has conspicuous bracts, besides it's a weedier looking umbel. I'd try a very early Cow Parsley (Anthriscus ...
Andy, The leaf dissection is wrong for fool’s parsley, but right for cow parsley, which quite commonly flowers unseasonably early. Rodney _____ From:...
Hello Wayside Plant http://www.flickr.com/photos/shoreham/2327167781/ This "weed" is found on verges and waste ground. I have forgotten what it is called. Once...
Hello, Is it Thale Cress, Arabidopsis thaliana ? http://www.map-reading.co.uk/wildflowers/HTML%20files/f0693.htm Andy Horton ... From: "Andy Horton"...
Hi Andy, It's either Hairy Bitter Cress, Cardamine hirsuta, or Wavy Bitter Cress, Cardamine flexuosa. Count stamens to be certain: Cardamine hirsuta (mostly 4,...
Andy, I agree it’s almost impossible to separate Cardamine flexuosa and C. hirsuta from a photo, but on verges and waste ground the latter is more likely. It...
Hello All Just going through an old folder for 8/July 2006 and these 3 very bad out of focus plants stuch out as unlabelled . The pale blue flowers where taken...
I would also agree that C. flexuosa and C. hirsuta can be hard to separate, but Andy's pic has the jizz of C. hirsuta for me - and the habitat would seem more...
Hi Gill Yes most definitely a speedwell but the pictures are a littel too bad I think . I think it was between 10 - 20 cm and yes definitely a hot spell !! I...
Certainly could be, though in my experience wall speedwell isn't 'pale blue' - more mid-dark blue, but perhaps that is a local effect. Also 20cm would be very,...
Although Colin said "pale blue", the flowers look quite dark enough to me. V. polita also has quite bright blue flowers (unlike V. agrestis) and does not have...
