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I am trying to map the flowering plants in my patch, however, I'm finding the online wildflower ID websites next to hopeless. I'm looking to ID two plants in particular at the moment. The yellow flowered plant seems to have been in bloom since the Summer. The white/pink flowered plant has just come into bloom - not sure it should have, as it has been incredibly mild here.

Also, any recommendations on a decent ID book? Collins maybe?
 

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Thanks Nutcracker.

There are just a few clumps of the Wallflower in the stonework of a ruined medieval tower.

The Winter Heliotrope is in quite a large area. Well away from any gardens, so don't know how it got there.

Thanks again for the info.
 
Nutcracker said:
Wind-blown seeds, just like thistles, dandelions, etc. :t:
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Unlikely - as far as I know only male plants of Winter Heliotrope are present in the UK. I think they just spread by rhizome fragments and grow into large patches. Once established they're very persistent.

Wallflower is non-native but I'm not sure it could be called particularly invasive.
 
King Edward said:
Unlikely - as far as I know only male plants of Winter Heliotrope are present in the UK. I think they just spread by rhizome fragments and grow into large patches. Once established they're very persistent.

Wallflower is non-native but I'm not sure it could be called particularly invasive.
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Agree- Wallflower is hardly invasive. Winter Heliotrope certainly is- just as well it isn't wind blown.
 
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