By: Seabrooke
Thanks for the link! I’m glad my post helped with your beetle ID. Your spikey plant is teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, a plant native to Europe and introduced to North America. It has the extremely rare...
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Oops! I just double-checked your location, and it looks like you’re well within the native range of most of those flowers. They’re such common plants around here, it didn’t even occur to me. So your...
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thanks for the IDs! I'd noticed the teasel was flowering in bands and thought it odd, I didn't know it does that habitually. It's a shame it's a biennial, not an annual, I'd happily grow some for our...
View ArticleBy: VP
Hi Tony – your yellow flower is a Hypericum. Not sure if Geneva has the same species in the wild as we have in Britain.
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Thanks! Looking them up, it seems they are widespread in distribution, so it could well be the same species you get in the UK. I can see I need to get me a good field-guide!
View ArticleBy: Alan Mackenzie
I’ve just been looking for the name of the spiky plant you photographed. It’s called Wild Teasel. I photographed them this evening on the banks of the River Arun.
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Hi Alan, thanks for the ID. Seabrooke, from <a href='http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/' rel="nofollow">The Marvellous in Nature</a> had already ID'ed it for me, but it's always...
View ArticleBy: Alan Mackenzie
Hi Tony, Thanks for the appreciative comments. You shouldn’t worry about comparing your own photos to mine and finding your own lacking in some way or other. Just enjoy your hobby. That’s what I do...
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