Wild flowers for ID Please (1 Viewer)

Fuchsia

Bug Babe

• Jun 8, 2004

• #1

Hello,
I was photographing a field of Cornflowers and these flowers were amongst them - same size and height. Any ideas on what they are?
Apologies for the pic, I was hanging over a ditch at the time!
Many thanks
Jen :hippy:

 

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Alastair Rae

London birder

• Jun 8, 2004

• #2

It looks like a Centaurea. Is it not just a colour varient on Cornflower, C cyanus?

 

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Edward woodwood

Member

• Jun 8, 2004

• #3

certainly looks like a knapweed Alistair and the size (breadth) of the florets points to a Cornflower so yes i think u could be right - perhaps just a colour variant.

 

Joern Lehmhus

Well-known member

• Jun 9, 2004

• #4

I´d also say colour variant of cornflower Centaurea cyanus, with these florets no other Centaurea in ME would fit

 

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Steve Campsall

• Jun 9, 2004

• #5

Fuchsia said:

Hello,
I was photographing a field of Cornflowers and these flowers were amongst them - same size and height. Any ideas on what they are?
Apologies for the pic, I was hanging over a ditch at the time!
Many thanks
Jen :hippy:

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I think there is a white - alba - variation, too.

 

Fuchsia

Bug Babe

• Jun 11, 2004

• #6

Many thanks - I had no idea it had colour variants.

Best wishes
Jen

 

Joern Lehmhus

Well-known member

• Jun 11, 2004

• #7

Up to now I only saw colour variants in the garden form of cornflower; never in the wild form (the garden forms have more branches and their flowers are slightly bigger and the florets are wider than in the wild form in the cereal fields-though in individual plants this can be difficult to see)- was it possible to see if thoser were the garden form or real wild ones, Jen?