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Post by htcdude on Nov 30, 2015 15:29:54 GMT
Hi guys, Any ideas on this flower I found along by the Severn River?  |
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Post by htcdude on Nov 30, 2015 15:30:16 GMT
 Thanks, Nige |
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Post by Hobjob on Nov 30, 2015 18:41:02 GMT
Hard to be sure on that photo, but I think it is Chicory - colour right, buds on stems, but shape not right
but probably because it is so end of season.
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Post by faith on Nov 30, 2015 21:14:27 GMT
Definitely chicory, I would say, with the ridged stem, bristles etc, shape of the buds as Hobjob says, nothing else quite like that.
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Post by aeshna5 on Dec 1, 2015 14:04:47 GMT
Agree, Chicory.
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Post by htcdude on Dec 2, 2015 14:57:41 GMT
Thanks all. Was taken on my work phone so not great quality!
Nige
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Post by grumpyaudeman on Dec 4, 2015 23:02:32 GMT
Hi
I was Gloucestershire borne, Gloucestershire bred, strong in the arm thick in the head but now live near the Med, was this find near Frampton on Severn I ask because it was the one place I ever saw it in the UK
Steve
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Post by faith on Dec 5, 2015 12:15:33 GMT
It is a very common plant in the southern half of Britain, much less common as you go northwards. It would be a native where you are now, Steve, but in Britain it is basically a relic of cultivation, and thought to be declining, as it is less cultivated now. That said, I have seen whole fields devoted to it here in Perthshire, so someone is still growing it for something. It is classed as an archeophyte, which is to say it is not native (= here since the end of the last Ice Age) but introduced before 1500, so an honorary native if you like. (I like your rhyme, by the way.)
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Post by htcdude on Dec 23, 2015 13:55:12 GMT
Hi I was Gloucestershire borne, Gloucestershire bred, strong in the arm thick in the head but now live near the Med, was this find near Frampton on Severn I ask because it was the one place I ever saw it in the UK Steve Sorry Steve I've only just seen this reply! It wasn't far for Frampton, just a little south of Severn Beach  Only the one small clump of about 4 flowers there though. Maybe seeds dropped by a bird? Nige |
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Only the one small clump of about 4 flowers there though. Maybe seeds dropped by a bird?