plant ID

[Opal]

Been trying to find out what this is called without any luck, any ideas please?

I had a look at one site but it would take a month going through it all.

 

[Iona]

Wow. Could be just about anything! Can we have a pic of the leaves please?

 

[Shewie]

The paired up petals remind me of something my gran used to call "mouse-ear" ??

 

[Iona]

On limited info, it looks like ground elder...

But it's also very similar to a lot of carrot family. Hence the need for leaves... and if it's carrot family a whole load of other info, I can't definitively tell them appart from pictures...

I'm so unhelpful! sorry

 

[Opal]

Sorry, I took just two pics, here's the other one, they were growing at the side of a path, over a metre high.

 

[Iona]

Maybe search google images for pics and see which the leaves it had are the closest match for... I'd suggest ground elder, common hogweed and cow parsley as good potential starting points...

 

[Barn Owl]

Burnet-saxifrage?

 

[stuart f]

Hi Opal,it is an Umbellifer,but which is hard to say,without a photo of the leaves,stalk etc.The Umbellifers are a family that have a lot of similar looking plants,so you need a bit more info to narrow it down to get a possible id.

Plus as you probably already know there are a few very poisonous species of Umbellifers,so caution should be the order of the day,if you are playing with these plants.

Cheers Stuart.

 

[Iona]

Hi Opal,it is an Umbellifer,but which is hard to say,without a photo of the leaves,stalk etc.The Umbellifers are a family that have a lot of similar looking plants,so you need a bit more info to narrow it down to get a possible id.

Plus as you probably already know there are a few very poisonous species of Umbellifers,so caution should be the order of the day,if you are playing with these plants.

Cheers Stuart.

and Umbellifer = Carrot family

Can never type that word, the temptation to add an 'r' and make it umbrellifer is just too great!

Opal, I think few people would be happy to give an ID based on a photo, just because of the potential risks, Hemlock poisoning is not the best end to a day out!

I'll happily pick away at hogweed and ground elder, as their leaves are so distinctive, but I steer clear of the rest...

 

[Opal]

Cheers all, this was down in Somerset the other day, I'll be down there again in July so will do a proper job of pics.

 

[stuart f]

and Umbellifer = Carrot family

Or Parsley family which ever floats your boat

Iona thanks for that i did forget to mention which family to which Umbellifers belong.

Cheers Stuart.

 

[Iona]

It's all good

I've just seen where you're from Stuart, and it's made me all drooly... My family live in Morebattle, and we always take a detour through Hawick on the way back to stock up on the BEST Haggis and Black pud. Mmmmmmm!! Lucky devil you