Nutcracker
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Yep, agree now - I was looking very quickly late last night and didn't have time to check properly
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Northumberland flowers ID (2 Viewers)
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lazza
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And three more (this just seems endless, so I'm sorry if this is all getting too much)!
The first I guess is some kind of Fabaceae, perhaps some kind of vetch, but I'm confused by the single flower, and lovely veining on the petals
Next, a platn growing at the water's edge along the river Wansbeck
And the third I think is a clover of some sort, possibly just red clover, but the size of the flower is confusing (very tall)
I have another orache I'm struggling with which I might post, but I've a couple of resources still to look through!
The first I guess is some kind of Fabaceae, perhaps some kind of vetch, but I'm confused by the single flower, and lovely veining on the petals
Next, a platn growing at the water's edge along the river Wansbeck
And the third I think is a clover of some sort, possibly just red clover, but the size of the flower is confusing (very tall)
I have another orache I'm struggling with which I might post, but I've a couple of resources still to look through!
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lazza
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A couple more from the last 2 weeks, both from the coast.
The first was from a couple of weeks ago out a Druridge Bay. It strikes me as being very similar to teasel, but this was much smaller than what I am used to seeing, with a flower head not much bigger than clover, and only about 10cm tall.
And the second was from this weekend, growing on the edge of the dunes at Blyth harbour. I can't decide what this is, as it doesn't have hairy leaves (Cat's Ear), nor narrow, tapering bracts (Autumn Hawkbit)
The first was from a couple of weeks ago out a Druridge Bay. It strikes me as being very similar to teasel, but this was much smaller than what I am used to seeing, with a flower head not much bigger than clover, and only about 10cm tall.
And the second was from this weekend, growing on the edge of the dunes at Blyth harbour. I can't decide what this is, as it doesn't have hairy leaves (Cat's Ear), nor narrow, tapering bracts (Autumn Hawkbit)
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lazza
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A couple more from the weekend.
Is the first Common Fumitory, or another Fumaria species?
The second, I am not sure about, possibly some kind of ragwort species? Found along the sea wall in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Finally, not a flowering plant, but can anyone put a name to this spleenwort from this rather poor photo. It was growing on the sea wall in Berwick, so I am guessing it is Asplenium marinum, but I am not at all sure.
Is the first Common Fumitory, or another Fumaria species?
The second, I am not sure about, possibly some kind of ragwort species? Found along the sea wall in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Finally, not a flowering plant, but can anyone put a name to this spleenwort from this rather poor photo. It was growing on the sea wall in Berwick, so I am guessing it is Asplenium marinum, but I am not at all sure.
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Nutcracker
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Agree #1 and #2, but #3 is a juvenile/stunted Male Fern Dryopteris filix-mas.
Nutcracker
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Asplenium marinum is very different; it's also very scarce in Northumbs, only 2 or 3 places where it occurs - easiest is the cliffs at Cullernose just south of Craster, where this pic was taken. Also supposed to be at Crag Point at Seaton Sluice, but I've not been able to find it there, so it's probably extinct there.
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Yes. Probably the easiest fern to ID.
lazza
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Phew...! :-O
Nutcracker
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Yep, Asplenium scolopendrium.
I find ferns easier than many flowering plants :t:
I find ferns easier than many flowering plants :t:
lazza
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I'm a bit behind on my floral identification efforts, so have a few going back a couple of months..... any help, as always, very much appreciated!
The first was from May.
The second, from late May, I think is Columbine, but the flower colouring is very pale(?)
And third up, is this Common Fumitory again, but it's much less well-formed than the earlier picture I posted, and the leaves seem somewhat different? Found growing in a fallow field.
The first was from May.
The second, from late May, I think is Columbine, but the flower colouring is very pale(?)
And third up, is this Common Fumitory again, but it's much less well-formed than the earlier picture I posted, and the leaves seem somewhat different? Found growing in a fallow field.
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1 Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris
2 Garden Aquilegia cultivar escape
3 Common Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis
