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On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:46:06 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote: In message , Pam Moore writes On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:01:51 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I visited Acorn Bank (NT) up in Cumbria towards to the end of April, and came across a plant that I couldn't place. I'm not sure whether it was meant to be there, or arrived under it's own steam. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702404/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702154/ Anyone recognise it? There was also in the woodland garden there (and I presume wild) a marginal plant that is reasonably common, but which I've never pinned down. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702244/ While I'm asking questions, there's also this aquatic plant photographed in a canal backwater last month. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3525917881/ I know the first one as Golden Saxifrage, which, for me, is a good enough name for it. It appeared in my garden a few years ago and now seeds itself everywhere, but as it is so pretty I largely leave it alone. The second I think is what I call starweed, which becomes a menace when it gets established on top of pots. Can't give botanical names. Did you mean the 3rd, which Des suspects of being a water-starwort? Unfortunately the predominant meanings of starweed - if one believes Google - are Stellaria media (chickweed) and Plantago triandra (a New Zealand plantain). Pam in Bristol Oh dear, well I got that wrong, but it's what I've always called it, not having reference books to refer to. Yes I did mean the 3rd photo, but the second plant! Pam in Bristol |
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In message , Pam Moore
writes On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:46:06 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: In message , Pam Moore writes On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:01:51 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I visited Acorn Bank (NT) up in Cumbria towards to the end of April, and came across a plant that I couldn't place. I'm not sure whether it was meant to be there, or arrived under it's own steam. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702404/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702154/ Anyone recognise it? There was also in the woodland garden there (and I presume wild) a marginal plant that is reasonably common, but which I've never pinned down. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3613702244/ While I'm asking questions, there's also this aquatic plant photographed in a canal backwater last month. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3525917881/ I know the first one as Golden Saxifrage, which, for me, is a good enough name for it. It appeared in my garden a few years ago and now seeds itself everywhere, but as it is so pretty I largely leave it alone. The second I think is what I call starweed, which becomes a menace when it gets established on top of pots. Can't give botanical names. Did you mean the 3rd, which Des suspects of being a water-starwort? Unfortunately the predominant meanings of starweed - if one believes Google - are Stellaria media (chickweed) and Plantago triandra (a New Zealand plantain). Pam in Bristol Oh dear, well I got that wrong, but it's what I've always called it, not having reference books to refer to. Yes I did mean the 3rd photo, but the second plant! Pam in Bristol You're not necessarily wrong - it may be that you're using a local name. Unfortunately starweed doesn't mean anything to me. [Golden Saxifrage is in widespread use for plants of the genus Chrysosplenium, so using it for Saxifraga cymbalaria is potentially confusing. However the Americans use Golden Saxifrage for both Chyrsosplenium and Saxifraga chrysantha. Stace uses Celandine Saxifrage for Saxifraga cymbalaria, which is not a bad name; Keble-Martin doesn't give any vernacular names.] -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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