Northumberland flowers ID (1 Viewer)

LizandDave · Nov 2, 2014

Haven't been here for a while, but going back a while your Sea Mayweed is that as the leaves are quite fleshy compared to the inland types. There's still Mayweeds in flower in the field edges so you may be able to photo one and compare with your sea Mayweed.
Dave

lazza · Mar 2, 2015

OK, here we go again

....another Spring, another lesson in flower identification!

So, a walk through a local woodland gave me my first unknown(s) of the year....

Three photos:

For the yellow flower (pics 1 & 2), I thought possibly marsh marigold, but perhaps there are too many petals, and the environment might not be quite right.... in sparse mixed woodland.

But then I found several patches of very similar leaves by a pond in the middle of the woodland. These leaves were actually on a part of the ground that is occasionally inundated by the pond.... so possibly some kind of water lily...???!

So, are these photos of the same species, or different, and any thoughts on ID?

Thanks!

Nutcracker · Mar 2, 2015

Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria for all three pics :t:

lazza · Mar 2, 2015

Nutcracker said:
Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria for all three pics :t:

Thanks! It's obvious now you tell me!! :-O

aeshna5 · Mar 2, 2015

Nutcracker said:
Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria for all three pics :t:

Now Ficaria verna.

IJS · Mar 12, 2015

aeshna5 said:
Now Ficaria verna.

Apparently its changed back again! Spotted this on the Plantlife website recently. Think it was in the Trevor Dines article...

aeshna5 · Mar 13, 2015

IJS said:
Apparently its changed back again! Spotted this on the Plantlife website recently. Think it was in the Trevor Dines article...

If that's the case it wasn't Ficaria for long then! Scientific names change so much these days. I remember in the recent British Wildlife one particular taxon (can't remember which) was given one name in one report and another elsewhere in the same edition-no wonder it's impossible to keep up!

Xenospiza · Mar 13, 2015

Just stick to the much less fickle common names!

lazza · Apr 20, 2015

OK, a couple from the coast this weekend. I am thinking that the first is Common Scurvy-grass (with cabbage-smelling leaves!) and the second and third are of Common Mouse-ear (although I wondered about Little Mouse ear)

Thanks!

aeshna5 · Apr 20, 2015

Agree with Common Scurvy Grass but the other 2 look like Chickweed to me.

lazza · Apr 27, 2015

Thanks... I don't know why I dismissed chickweed for the second one, as it looks just right! Oh well, I'll get there....

IN fact, here are the latest batch.

The first I think could be honesty, which I can honestly(!) say I've never seen in flower, only the well-known seed pods.

Secondly, a forget-me-not, but which one? I'm pretty sure it's wood forget-me-not (it was in a wood...), but me being sure means nothing!

Next, these delicate white flowers look to be wood sorrel to me....?

The first three were in a small deciduous copse in rural Northumberland.

And finally one from a marshy verge next to a large forestry plantation, a violet, which I'm guessing is heath dog violet, although the leaves don't quite look right compared to my field guide.

foresttwitcher · Apr 27, 2015

3. Yes, wood sorrel.

aeshna5 · Apr 28, 2015

foresttwitcher said:
3. Yes, wood sorrel.

Agree + also yes to Honesty + Wood Forget-me-not which also often occurs as a garden escape. Not sure on the violet.

lazza · Apr 28, 2015

Thanks, both. I'm getting better at this!

LizandDave · Apr 29, 2015

For viola photos (violets) try to take photos of flower in profile as well, to get detail of the spur and sepals. Also the leaves and stems, whether hairy or not and shape of leaves. Look in your field guides at the bits of the plant that identifies it, then go look for it, helped me a lot doing that.
Dave

lazza · May 1, 2015

LizandDave said:
For viola photos (violets) try to take photos of flower in profile as well, to get detail of the spur and sepals. Also the leaves and stems, whether hairy or not and shape of leaves. Look in your field guides at the bits of the plant that identifies it, then go look for it, helped me a lot doing that.
Dave

Appreciate the advice. I have noticed before that when I take photos of unknown species, I get back home to check my guide to realise I don't have the right part of the plant / fungus / insect showing or in focus! It doesn't help that I mostly see flowers on the roadside while I am out on my bike and feel a bit stupid kneeling by the road taking photos with my phone!

LizandDave · May 1, 2015

I'm in that pose frequently!

lazza · May 15, 2015

OK, folks.... here's some more.... these from Bluebell Woods in Morpeth this last weekend...

The first one has me quite perplexed. I am wondering if it some kind of Spurge. It was by some trickling water running along the side of a path through the woods.

The second I think is Common Comfrey....except it has yellow flowers, not white...?

Finally, not a flower, but a horsetail, which I think is Great Horsetail.... I didn't get a picture of the spore-bearing part of the plant, but remember it was very banded.

Andy Atkinson · May 15, 2015

lazza said:
OK, folks.... here's some more.... these from Bluebell Woods in Morpeth this last weekend...

The first one has me quite perplexed. I am wondering if it some kind of Spurge. It was by some trickling water running along the side of a path through the woods.

The second I think is Common Comfrey....except it has yellow flowers, not white...?

Finally, not a flower, but a horsetail, which I think is Great Horsetail.... I didn't get a picture of the spore-bearing part of the plant, but remember it was very banded.

One is Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage
I think you're right with the others. Wild comfrey usually has yellow flowers but I think the hybrid version has the pink flowers.
Andy

Nutcracker · May 15, 2015

And yep, Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia for #3. A really nice plant :t:

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