Plant ID please
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xylaria
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
It has flowered a phone!!
Are you on a wetland? saltmarsh
Did the central crown have a flower bud in it? or did it look a brassica?
Were there spines on the underside of the central rib?
Are you on a wetland? saltmarsh
Did the central crown have a flower bud in it? or did it look a brassica?
Were there spines on the underside of the central rib?
LoL... Should have really put it to to one side for scale. Thats a medium size one, they get bigger.
Its on arable grasslands, looks very brassica, Just more leaves in centre at the mo, but it does flower I'm told just to mix it up...
Not a million miles from something on here after just looking up some brassicas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_narinosa
There is a row of spines on the central rib underside, but they are more like fine hairs rather than actual spines. The texture is soft.
I'll get some better pictures of the crown and underside in the morning.
Thanks for your help F, al.
Its on arable grasslands, looks very brassica, Just more leaves in centre at the mo, but it does flower I'm told just to mix it up...
Not a million miles from something on here after just looking up some brassicas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_narinosa
There is a row of spines on the central rib underside, but they are more like fine hairs rather than actual spines. The texture is soft.
I'll get some better pictures of the crown and underside in the morning.
Thanks for your help F, al.
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This one has me a bit stumped, it looks like it may be from brassicaceae. It'd definitely not burdock anyway. You should go back and visit it in another month or two and see if a central stem and flowers have developed, which will make identification a lot easier!
Thanks so far guys... Its deffo not Burdock.
Had the guy I go out foraging with stumped for 4 years!
It does produce a large, thick stem about 7-8 feet in the summer. Its also everywhere around the site pictured.
The leaves are sessile, with a fine row of hairs down the central spine (Underside)
I have more pictures to put up later, taken today. Cheers, al.
Had the guy I go out foraging with stumped for 4 years!
It does produce a large, thick stem about 7-8 feet in the summer. Its also everywhere around the site pictured.
The leaves are sessile, with a fine row of hairs down the central spine (Underside)
I have more pictures to put up later, taken today. Cheers, al.
looking at it,it seems to have red veins,which leads me to think its a Chard of some sort.
Might be wrong though.
Cheers Stuart
Might be wrong though.
Cheers Stuart
I wondered about beets for the same reason. Not sure the leaf shape is right though, for either.
The leaves do look a little dock-ish but the way they are organised does suggest brassica ......could this not be a hybridised brassica ? ..something like a cauliflower cross pollinated by a wild brassica species for example..
7-8 feet tall ????......it's gotta be a triffid then !
Seriously...I have no reason for BS.
I left the camera in work last night, but I have pictures for scale of some dead growth.
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Has this been bandied around on any other forums?
They're pretty damned good with ID's on the Wild About Britain site.
They're pretty damned good with ID's on the Wild About Britain site.
Not that I'm aware of... But if anyone knows a botanist, feel free to send on the picture. The one above is just a baby compared to others on site.
Its deffo unusual, as I know we have some very experienced people on here.... I'll post the newer pictures, but it wont be until round 2am tomorrow.
Its deffo unusual, as I know we have some very experienced people on here.... I'll post the newer pictures, but it wont be until round 2am tomorrow.
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xylaria
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
From the photo i can't the features that would tell me it is a brassica, I would need to see the whole leaf and lobe shape at the bottom. Wild brassicas are very varible in size and shape to some extent, esspecially as it arible land, they seem to get cultivated genes in them. The ball mustard that grows llanelli morfa gets nearly as large as high as you discribe and has large leaves, but the leaves dont look like that.
Yours looks more like pickly lettuce or wild lettuce, these are obviously composits not crucifers though.
Yours looks more like pickly lettuce or wild lettuce, these are obviously composits not crucifers though.
There must be some kind of flower at the end of the stalks/stems, any chance you could let us know the colour ?.....would help narrow it down some........if they're red or yellow it won't take us long to ID it.
