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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