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ID for little flower please.

madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,499
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Saw this little flower all on its own on a scrubby grassy bank near the supermarket.
It is about 8" tall and I assume it is a garden escapee rather than wild?
Very pretty!  <3

“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings

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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,409
    edited October 2019
    Flowers look a bit like a Verbascum. Could it have been mown, making it grow lots of little spikes ? There do look to be some bigger old leaves at the bottom.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,499
    It probably has been mown but the leaves are really quite small,the biggest is about 1" long.
    I had thought it may be some sort of Evening Primrose (even though it was out at midday!).
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,499
    Think I have found it!
    Looks like Verbascum blattaria or Moth Mullein.
    Thanks @Buttercupdays for pointing me in the right direction.
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,409
    Those are the leaves on the flowering stem though. Look at the the ones on the right hand side, flat to the ground, and a couple on the left too, much bigger with jagged edges...
    The flowers do look rather like evening primrose, but those have long, thin leaves and thin, pointy flower buds.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,409
    It's pretty - keep an eye on it and you might be able to get some seeds!
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