I wonder if anybody could shed any light on the following: ...
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Sarah Stille
mossysal...
Jul 13, 2012 6:42 pm
Difficult to be sure without seeing the whole plant, but it might be Guizotia abyssinica which is sold as bird feed as "Niger seed" and so appears at times on...
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Nick Montegriffo
nicholas.mon...
Jul 14, 2012 11:07 am
Hi Sarah Thanks for your reply and sorry that the photos do not show the whole plant. I don't think the involucre is quite right for Guizotia, though, also...
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Geoff 21
geoff_toone
Jul 14, 2012 12:11 pm
Hi Nick, it doesn't appear to be G. abyssinica but that might be the genus, by the look of it. Geoff...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
Jul 14, 2012 5:08 pm
I don't know what it is, but it's not Guizotia which has opposite leaves and axillary flowers. Rodney _____ From: UKBotany@yahoogroups.com...
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dave_aphoto
Jul 14, 2012 7:46 pm
Looks very much like a Senecio to me. Have just checked the Senecio species list for the Scillies on ERICA and have just drawn a complete blank. I think the...
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Nick Montegriffo
nicholas.mon...
Jul 14, 2012 10:38 pm
Hi Dave, Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for looking through Erica. I had already contacted Rosemary, but she did not recognise the species. I agree that...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
Jul 15, 2012 7:31 am
Nick, Dave, It's not a Senecio either - the phyllaries (involucral bracts) are clearly not all in one row. My second thought was a Solidago with unusually...
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Nick Montegriffo
nicholas.mon...
Jul 15, 2012 10:52 am
Rodney, Thanks for the suggestion - I have sent a copy of the photos to the Garden Curator at the Abbey Gardens and will report back if I get a reply. Nick ......
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samirabei@...
samirabei
Jul 16, 2012 3:34 pm
Dear Member Hello, I appreciate if any send me the following publications: Jeffrey, C. 2005. A new system of Cucurbitaceae. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (St....
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Phil Luke
boxlodge
Jul 17, 2012 6:57 pm
Can anyone tell me what the current status of this grass is please. Hubbard had it as a separate species but it now appears to be a ssp of pratense. Is there...
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Michael Usher
m.b.usher@...
Jul 17, 2012 7:55 pm
Both the 3rd edition of Stace (2010) and BSBI Handbook 13 (2009) give P. pratense and P. bertolonii as distinct species, and both also give the characters...
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Rodney Burton
rodney_m_burton
Jul 17, 2012 8:41 pm
My feeling is that the swollen stem-bases are much more obvious in the smaller species, but that may be because it's usually found in sparser herbage, where...
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phil pullen
sedum_specta...
Jul 18, 2012 5:44 am
It is interesting that Kew's GrassBase Online Grass Flora does not list Phleum bertolonii. See http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/sppindex.htm Phil P To:...
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Michel-Ange Bouchet
mabouchet2000
Jul 18, 2012 6:49 am
Hi everyone, Both the up-to-date version of "Tela Botanica" and the provisional version of the yet not edited "Flore Mediterranéenne"; (2007) consider it as a...
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g0ggu
Jul 18, 2012 7:51 am
Hello, I'm new to the group, can anyone tell me the real name of the wild flower my Mother calls Boots and Shoes? If anyone knows a website where I can find...
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John
johnrcrellin
Jul 18, 2012 8:16 am
The Englishman's Flora by Geoffrey Grigson has two entries for "Boots and Shoes" Acer Campestre (the fruit) (Somerset) and more likley for "wildflower" ...
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DAVE PARKER
davekparker
Jul 18, 2012 10:02 am
Hi Steve, Try this link, it looks as though it's birds foot trefoil. http://www.plant-lore.com/1247/birds-foot-trefoil/ Cheers Dave ... [Non-text portions of...
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Andy Horton
glaucus25
Jul 18, 2012 10:02 am
Hello, As suspected, my first guess guess. Eggs and Bacon: http://www.plant-lore.com/1247/birds-foot-trefoil/ Cheers Andy Horton.glaucus@...><< ( ( ( '...
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Phil Luke
boxlodge
Jul 18, 2012 5:28 pm
Many thanks for the replies to my query on P. bertolonii, sounds as though it depends on which authority you choose. On another subject, I have found what...
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Gill
ryenats
Jul 19, 2012 1:00 pm
My Birdguides link has just come up with "Britain's Orchids" by David Lang - anyone seen this and is it worth getting please? I like the idea of a guide that...
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Gill
ryenats
Jul 19, 2012 1:04 pm
I don't recall seeing common mallow white, but for sure musk mallow does so I wouldn't be at all surprised. Gill...
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Jon Atkins
planthunter
Jul 19, 2012 1:42 pm
Hi folks I won't make a habit of it......but couldn't resist sharing a couple of photos of Epipogium taken earlier this month in the Ariege (Pyrenees). I know...
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Jon Atkins
planthunter
Jul 19, 2012 1:46 pm
Hello again Seems I can't upload photos to UK botany - so if anyone's interested, the flickr links for photos are:- ...
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Ruth and Richard Miel...
rmielcarek
Jul 19, 2012 2:53 pm
I don't think it's new Gill, its from 2004, but a nice enough little guide. Rich m ... From: "Gill" <wildlife@...> To: <UKBotany@yahoogroups.com> ...
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John
johnhpeacock
Jul 19, 2012 4:05 pm
Hi Gill There used to be a web version at the link below but at the moment the link doesn't appear to work for me, whether that is permanent or not I don't...
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dw1305
Jul 23, 2012 1:07 pm
Hi all, They are both really good books, but if I had to choose I'd buy "Orchids of Britain and Ireland" by Anne and Simon Harrap. This is not only because...
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Anand Prasad
swanandprasad
Jul 23, 2012 4:21 pm
The Harraps's book is superb!! For a future edition: There are a LOT more than 13 orchid species on Mull. Last week i found my 16th just on the farm where i...
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Sean Cole
air1_man
Jul 23, 2012 7:15 pm
Hi Prasad, I'm not sure a third edition is in the ipeline yet, but it is certainly due, given recent taxonomic developments at least. If it were, I'm sure the...
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Phil Luke
boxlodge
Jul 24, 2012 1:07 pm
Thanks for that lone reply Gill. I have sent a photo to my county recorder showing the white form together with the usual red one and at the same height so...
