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acting_strange
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It's a TRIFFID....stay well away....
Wildman
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Difficult to see from that angle but could be Amphibious Bistort
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonum
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acting_strange
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It looks like its covered in what we used to call "cuckoo spit".....
acting_strange
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Ie just bought a new book on wild flowers but I cant get at it until tomorrow...but I will have a look...
In the meantime....remember....if you here an odd clicking noise...run like buggery....
In the meantime....remember....if you here an odd clicking noise...run like buggery....
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No not covered in cukoo spit (plenty of that about) the flower is a bit like a tiny hard cauliflower
No not clover leaves, I will try to take a better photo without the background.
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American Dream
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I hope you only used Juan Sheet Eileen?
Looks like some small coloured cauliflower.....
Well Botany was never my strongest subject....
Looks like some small coloured cauliflower.....
Well Botany was never my strongest subject....
Funny enough Steve a small hard cauliflower is a good description 
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American Dream
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Funny enough Steve a small hard cauliflower is a good description
Yeah I "guessed so" from reading it earlier in the thread....:Blush:
Have you tried eating it?
Only to find it's EXTREMELY rare......
American Dream
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Mark thinks he ought to try smoking it !
Now that would be a pic I'd like to see...
Might need a loada petrol though...It doesn't look too combustible to me.
It might be worth looking on here...Link Removed
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sedge
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I hesitate to suggest this, you know the spray chrysanths you get from the garage, where the half-open buds never open properly? Looks suspish like one of them to me, except on its own stem, is it one that's escaped into the wild and jest growed?
What was the stem like or the joints where the leaves join the stem?
What was the stem like or the joints where the leaves join the stem?
Round stem as opposed to flat with four leaves in two pairs growing opposite sides of stem then a almost star shape of leaves as in last photo ajoined to the flower.
Still no idea and trolled through wild flower sites on the net. Sorry I don't know the right termination for leaf growth
Still no idea and trolled through wild flower sites on the net. Sorry I don't know the right termination for leaf growth
looks like TRIFT they used it on the old 3 penny coin
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American Dream
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You may be right Ray.....Although this one may be in full flower,although the leaves are very different. Maybe a different variety.
Thrift
(Armeria maritima )
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An outstanding beauty of the coast.
This perky pink perennial has a favourite of gardeners as early as the sixteenth century. However, there is nothing to match seeing it in its natural habitat: atop dramatic coastal cliffs or astride craggy islands.
Thrift is one of the flowers we keep track of in our Wildflowers Count survey - click here to find out how you can help out.
Distribution
Across wild, coastal areas throughout the UK - especially Scotland. As well as rocky cliffs, Thrift can also be commonly found brightening up saltmarshes and other sandy areas.
Best time to see
April-July when it flowers.
Did you know...
In Gaelic thrift is known as tonna chladaich, meaning 'beach wave'. It is also known as Sea Pink, Rock Rose and Our Ladies Cushion. Thrift was used as an emblem on the threepenny-bit between 1937 and 1953 - the Mint no doubt aware of the double meaning in its name.
County flower of Bute, the Isles of Scilly and Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro.
In Welsh it is called clustog Fair, Mary's pillow.
Thrift
(Armeria maritima )
Link Removed Thrift © Sue Nottingham/Plantlife
An outstanding beauty of the coast.
This perky pink perennial has a favourite of gardeners as early as the sixteenth century. However, there is nothing to match seeing it in its natural habitat: atop dramatic coastal cliffs or astride craggy islands.
Thrift is one of the flowers we keep track of in our Wildflowers Count survey - click here to find out how you can help out.
Distribution
Across wild, coastal areas throughout the UK - especially Scotland. As well as rocky cliffs, Thrift can also be commonly found brightening up saltmarshes and other sandy areas.
Best time to see
April-July when it flowers.
Did you know...
In Gaelic thrift is known as tonna chladaich, meaning 'beach wave'. It is also known as Sea Pink, Rock Rose and Our Ladies Cushion. Thrift was used as an emblem on the threepenny-bit between 1937 and 1953 - the Mint no doubt aware of the double meaning in its name.
County flower of Bute, the Isles of Scilly and Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro.
In Welsh it is called clustog Fair, Mary's pillow.
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Have the petals fallen off?
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American Dream
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Well I hope Mark hasn't smoked it....
Curiouser and curiouser....
When's the MOTO GP on ?
Curiouser and curiouser....
When's the MOTO GP on ?
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An immature version of this? Though found this on a US site so don't know if we have them!
One of our most delicate clovers is T. arvense, Rabbit Foot Clover (above), whose oblong, one-inch flowerheads are densely plumose. In the photo above shows only four actual flowers--the tiny white structures near the tip of the upper cluster. The rest of the flowerhead is comprised of feathery structures that apparently help deter seed predators and perhaps enhance seed dissemination. The fluffiness of these structures is reminiscent of a rabbit's foot, hence the common name; the species epithet means "from cultivated fields." Leaflets in this non-native clover are unmarked and quite narrow; at the base of each leaf is a pair of pinkish-red stipules.
One of our most delicate clovers is T. arvense, Rabbit Foot Clover (above), whose oblong, one-inch flowerheads are densely plumose. In the photo above shows only four actual flowers--the tiny white structures near the tip of the upper cluster. The rest of the flowerhead is comprised of feathery structures that apparently help deter seed predators and perhaps enhance seed dissemination. The fluffiness of these structures is reminiscent of a rabbit's foot, hence the common name; the species epithet means "from cultivated fields." Leaflets in this non-native clover are unmarked and quite narrow; at the base of each leaf is a pair of pinkish-red stipules.
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acting_strange
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It could be an unformed head of Agrimony Hemp??
Have a look through this page when you have a day or so...
http://www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk/index flowers.htm
Have a look through this page when you have a day or so...
http://www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk/index flowers.htm
Thanks everyone, will keep looking and will go through the site mentioned above.
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runrig
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Hi,
Just watched River cottage lite bites, the flower you show is called the alexandra/alexander flower, the guy found it by the sea and used it in a wild salad to go with clams he dredged from the sand.
Hope this helps
Sheila
Just watched River cottage lite bites, the flower you show is called the alexandra/alexander flower, the guy found it by the sea and used it in a wild salad to go with clams he dredged from the sand.
Hope this helps
Sheila
acting_strange
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Thats not it.....sorry...just schecked it out on Google and the alexandra is also called horse parsley
If the other site doesn't coome up with anything try this: http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/
I had a quick look but couldn't really get enough information from the piccie.
Let us know though - it's an interesting little prob.
I had a quick look but couldn't really get enough information from the piccie.
Let us know though - it's an interesting little prob.
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