Submitted by ju1i3 on Wed, 15/03/2017 - 07:43
I hope I can share a little of what I've learned - and there is so much more to learn. Let's learn to love dandelions! and all those wildflowers that are so helpful for bees.
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Victor using a flowerpot for a pillow
Submitted by ju1i3 on Tue, 09/02/2021 - 10:48
Post Office Tower in the distance, beyond the railway line
this one stretch of pavement nearby had a lot of wildflowers
unlike so many hairy bittercress I see, all these were in bloom
close-up view of some of the hairy bittercress flowers
there is a chickweed on the left, hairy bittercress on the right
hedge mustard rosette
buck's-horn plantain
swine cress or lesser swine cress, awaiting flowers and then fruits to confirm identification
I'm not absolutely certain if this is petty or sun spruge, must go back and take better photos
bristly oxtongue
yarrow
hawkweed oxtongue nearby
horseweed (and vinca?) on the left, smooth sow thistle on the right, small bubbleja seedlings on the right growing in a nearby wall
hedge mustard rosette right and horseweed on the left growing in the wall
Submitted by ju1i3 on Tue, 19/01/2021 - 16:37
I torture myself by observing and photographing rosettes (in a local park) which are often dug up or mown down before I get to see them identified. I still hope I can see them to flowering one day. (Don't let anyone see me photograph them or take an interest - sure fire way for the weedkiller / mower to come out)
this might be Crepis vesicaria?
this might be Crepis vesicaria?
some possible Crepis vesicaria, top right shepherd's purse?
shepherd's purse?
I love this patch of ground, so green and abundant - until they mow all the wildflowers down, huge dandelion, cat's-ear, possibly crepis vesicaria top right
smooth sow thistle, cat's-ear and crepis vesicaria?
hedge mustard rosette
smooth sow thistle rosettes
Submitted by ju1i3 on Wed, 30/12/2020 - 05:36
prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper) initial basal rosette, see more rosettes at my rosette page
Submitted by ju1i3 on Sun, 13/12/2020 - 05:51
I think these are beaked hawk's-beard (Crepis vesicaria) but I'm not absolutely sure. I saw a lot of this hawk's-beard last spring but these rosettes are earlier and I'm not that confident of my ID but maybe I should be - same location, not dandelion, if not Crepis vesicaria, I don't know what they are yet.
narrow-leaved ragwort (Senecio inaequidens) I saw in east London yesterday
in that area was also hoary mustard
Submitted by ju1i3 on Tue, 08/12/2020 - 17:29
I still love them, starting with a perfect hawkweed oxtongue rosette interspersed with herb robert, chickweed, smooth sow thistle, hairy bittercress and groundsel
loving the geometric buck's-horn plantain, one rosette
two rosette
three rosettes and more
a carpet of buck's-horn plantain rosettes
the ever variable shepherd's purse
a carpet of shepherd's purse
nipplewort
horseweed (Erigeron canadensis or one of the similar ones)
prickly sow thistle
not the usual rosette but rather rosette-like spotted medick (Medicago arabica)
Submitted by ju1i3 on Sun, 06/12/2020 - 05:25
It's been nothing but hoary mustard for months, suddenly hedge mustard is here! (Sisymbrium officinale)
2 overlapping hedge mustard rosettes
hedge mustard rosettes with a smooth or prickly sow thistle in the middle
hedge mustard just forming a rosette
Submitted by ju1i3 on Tue, 01/12/2020 - 05:56
size extremes of rosettes, from a huge spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare) to tiny storks-bill (Erodium cicutarium), shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) and green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) (I think - not totally sure on that one)
spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare) initial basal rosette, over 1.2 m so far
a very small rosette on the pavement
a close-up of that rosette, I think it's green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) but I will keep an eye on it
storks-bill rosettes, the one on the right is tiny
the environment where some very rosettes are growing in the cracks, including shepherd's purse
that tiny shepherd's purse rosette from above, small but perfectly formed
Submitted by ju1i3 on Sun, 15/11/2020 - 07:07
It was a somewhat grey miserable day yesterday but I had to go to the post office and drop off a book so I was able to observe some plants and of course, I had to take some photos.
cat's-ear rosette
another cat's-ear
Japanese knotweed
autumn hawkbit which has already bloomed
hawkweed oxtongue
bristly oxtongue
winter heliotrope
left to right, hellebore, pulmonaria, winter heliotrope
the hellebore was just starting to bloom
left to right, smooth sow thistle, horseweed, dandelion
Submitted by ju1i3 on Thu, 29/10/2020 - 06:18
I continue to see lots of hoary mustard (Hirschfeldia incana) - it is this year? or just a reflection of the places I walk to?
on my favourite railway bridge I also continue to see hawkweed oxtongue rosettes
I also saw some red clover
I was surprised to see this buck's-horn plantain on the pavement - and in bud.
close-up view
wider view of the entire plant
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