"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , diamond_skies
writes

A colleague of mine is trying to identify a flower that was seen in
County Donegal in August. Her father, a keen wildflower
enthusiast,
has tried every book he has to identify it but has had no luck. It
is
possible it has grown from seed from a cultivated plant in
someone's
garden.

Can anyone shed any clues? One of the photos shows the flower head
and
leaves, the other a closer view of the flowers.

Only the latter photograph was visible.

Try Phacelia tanacetifolia. According to Stace it occurs as a casual
in
England and Wales.


URL:http://www.google.com/images?as_q=&s...tnG=Google+Sea
rch
&as_epq=Phacelia+tanacetifolia


Thanks for that.
I found it in Mid-Lincs only 11 days ago and it has been bugging me
since.
Could it be a constituent of 'game cover crops'?

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