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.

Many thanks,

Jane

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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...=Google+Search
&as_epq=Phacelia+tanacetifolia

Many thanks,

Jane


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Stewart Robert Hinsley

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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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ned

http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk
last update 24.08.2005

Many thanks for that Stewart - it does appear to be the same plant, although I haven't seen it in person. One site I found on Google mentioned that it was a cover crop so I wonder if it is being used in Donegal. It would be very pretty to see them in a field.

I wonder why only one photo was showing? I can see both. Perhaps I should have posted them separately?

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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , diamond_skies
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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'?

I know it as an ornamental, but Stace says that it is grown on a small
scale in fields to encourage bees. (And also that it occurs as a
contaminant of crop and grass seed.)
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , ned
writes

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diamond_skies
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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'?

I know it as an ornamental, but Stace says that it is grown on a
small
scale in fields to encourage bees. (And also that it occurs as a
contaminant of crop and grass seed.)

Just did myself a Google and came up with this:-
WildLife value: - Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees like the
flowers. Birds will eat the seeds.

Many thanks

--
ned

http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk
last update 24.08.2005

In message , diamond_skies
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I wonder why only one photo was showing? I can see both. Perhaps I
should have posted them separately?


I don't know whether you're aware of this, but uk.rec.gardening is not
part of GardenBanter, but part of a separate system (UseNet) to which
GardenBanter provide a gateway. It's possible that there's a fault in
their handling of multiple attachments (but I think I've seen messages
sent via GardenBanter with multiple attachments before).

However, your original message contains the following

Filename: Jane Plant 2.jpg
Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attach...achmentid=2844

It looks as if the first image is sitting on your computer, where you
can see it, and no-one else can.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
http://www.malvaceae.info

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In message , ned writes

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

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


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'?

I know it as an ornamental, but Stace says that it is grown on a small
scale in fields to encourage bees. (And also that it occurs as a
contaminant of crop and grass seed.)
--
It's also grown on allotments, vegetable gardens etc as a green manure crop.
Janet G

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http://www.malvaceae.info

Which reminds me - emu me your address and I'll send you some of those
white mallow seeds - I have some drying out.

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Rusty
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http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/