Stu Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hi all. Is anyone able to correctly identify this wild flower for me? Many thanks. Stuart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Sorry just looked through my "small" book and it is not there. Petals look like Oxeye daisy but not with the centre shown. Centre is similar to Field Scabious but that is purple. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLSI Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Another flower from the enormous composite/aster/sunflower family. To my eye, it's reminiscent of hawkweed (Hieracium), chicory (Cichorium), and wild lettuce (Lactuca), though I can't find anything in those genera that quite fit (Lactuca indica is the closest I get). Per Wikipedia, those three genera belong to the tribe Cichorieae, which has a mere 1,600 species in 100 or so genera, so I guess that doesn't really round it down very much. More info would help: What do the leaves look like? What's the growth habit (i.e., tall, short; one flower head per stalk or many)? Where is it growing? (What part of the world, and what kind of habitat.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLSI Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Philippe will probably nail this, but until he weighs in, here are some more near-misses to consider: Taraxacum albidum, Pinaropappus, Malacothrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Could be a goat's beard - Tragopogon sp - given the shape of the out of focus flower heads in the background. The trouble is that I don't know any with that colouring. It could be a sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Looks a bit like a slightly double Rafinesquia (californica?) Not really my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Thank you so much for the replies. In terms of further info it was found growing on the Norfolk coast, between dunes and salty mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burrows Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 My feeling is that this is a Taraxacum, possibly T. albidum or T. pamiricum or T. pseudoroseum. Do you have a picture of the leaf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Thanks again everyone. I haven't had time yet to follow up your kind suggestions. Chris, I don't have picture of the leaf but I do have this one showing the structure of the stem a little better, plus a finger trying to hold it still I think! Cheers. http://www.northnorthwest.co.uk/photo25884929.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Thank you Philippe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burrows Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Stems do not look like anything Taraxacum to me, so gone right off that idea, only possibility that comes to mind is some alba form of Hypochaeris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burrows Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Could be sonchus oleraceus if only we had a leaf picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Perhaps it is a "new" hybrid you have discovered. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLSI Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If Wikipedia is correct (always a big if), plants in the genus Taraxacum have only one flower head per stem, and the second photo seems to show several. Sure is a pretty flower, but I'm not sure we have enough info in these photos to make an I.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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