Bravo to everyone who took part in this week’s #wildflowerhour challenge. The Asteraceae (daisy) family isn’t an easy one, but you all embraced hunting for members of it with gusto. Thank you also to those who joined in with plant IDs: the crowd-sourcing of wild flower knowledge is marvellous and one of the best things about the #wildflowerhour community.
Here are some top tweets from the Asteraceae hunt:
Smooth Hawksbeard, Crepis capillaris, which grows in grassland, roadsides and wasteland. The hawksbeards are notoriously difficult to identify, so well done Fiona!
Common Fleabane, Pulicaria dysenterica. As Ginny says, a bright and cheerful plant indeed. Very widespread in England and Wales, and scattered in Ireland. It grows in damp ground.
Welted Thistle, Carduus crispus, which as we explained here can be mis-identified as Marsh Thistle.
We love a good unusual variety: and this is a very cool variety of Common Ragwort.
And here are all of the daisy finds from this week’s challenge. Thank you again everyone for sharing the delight of wild flowers.
