In message , Spider
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On 14/07/2010 14:31, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Spider
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It's a saxifrage relative, I believe.

It's a willow herb relative (Onagraceae). Hitting the literature I find
a claim that Fuchsia is its nearest relative, other than the other
species of Circaea. [Levin et al, American Journal of Botany 90(1):
107-115 (2003).

Spider




Blush :~)! Yes, you're quite right. I always thought the leaves were
more fuchsia-like than saxifrage, but having read/been told ages ago
that it was a saxifrage relative *and* detecting a saxifrage likeness
in the flower spike, I didn't question it. I should have, shouldn't I?
:~(. Thanks for the education.

If it makes you feel better it took me a few years to put a name to
enchanter's nightshade. It grows (among other places) on the edge of a
wood on the way to the entrance to one of the local parks, and I know it
was there, but I was baffled as to what it was.

Now I can recognise I've recorded from 16 localities.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley