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Name that wild flower!

MikeOxgreenMikeOxgreen Posts: 804
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Sorry, yet another 'What is this?' post  :#



Sadly a bit of Ash die back on the tree there I think, but look at that lovely rash of yellow flowers, do you know what they are please?


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,980
    Common Fleabane … Pulicaria dysenterica .. a UK native plant. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 573
    Corn Marigold - Chrysanthemum segetum
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,266
    I think it's fleabane too.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 14,629
    Yes, Fleabane from me too.
    Def. not Corn marigold.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • MikeOxgreenMikeOxgreen Posts: 804
    Thanks, it seems like an interesting old plant, not native to the UK and often mixed up with Corn Marigold.
    Edible, good for pollinators, repels insects and was in fact used for this very purpose in days goneby. Maybe i'll try plant some up by the house to deter the midges!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,980
    Common Fleabane is a UK native plant … native here and to most of Europe. https://plantatlas.brc.ac.uk/plant/pulicaria-dysenterica

    It likes really damp marshy areas … hopefully it’s too dry near your house for it to flourish. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • tonystapletontonystapleton Posts: 13
    81% sure it's Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Gaertn.
    Common Fleabane

    I use Pl@ntnet to identify stuff
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