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Flower id please

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  • 30-11-2015 10:52pm
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    F.R.
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭


    Can anyone identify this flower, planted one of those Aldi/Lidl wildflower mixes last Spring only had two exemplars of this and have not been able to id it. Sorry about the pics, taken with the mobile.

    The flower
    2015-11-01%25252014.53.35.jpg

    The buds
    2015-10-07%25252017.17.01.jpg

    Leaves
    2015-11-01%25252014.53.48.jpg

    Thanks


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    looksee
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    The feathery seed pod is nigella, the white flower could be a white marigold. The bud I have no idea, it doesn't seem to belong to the white flower, but then the white flower is a bit white for a marigold, they tend to be creamy. The leaf is a bit like a corn marigold, but they all seem to be different plants.

    Sorry, that's not a lot of help! :D


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    Bonedigger
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    I wonder F.R. is it a species of scabiosa?
    Cephalaria gigantea might be another possibility perhaps?


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    #4
    F.R.
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭F.R.


    looksee wrote: »
    The feathery seed pod is nigella, the white flower could be a white marigold. The bud I have no idea, it doesn't seem to belong to the white flower, but then the white flower is a bit white for a marigold, they tend to be creamy. The leaf is a bit like a corn marigold, but they all seem to be different plants.

    Sorry, that's not a lot of help! :D

    That's part of the problem. The flower, bud and leaf are all the same plant :( . I have been through all of my books and even spent a quiet evening looking at pictures of white/beige flowers on the internet in the hope of finding it. But I do believe that Bonedigger may have hit the nail on the head.


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    F.R.
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭F.R.


    Bonedigger wrote: »
    I wonder F.R. is it a species of scabiosa?
    Cephalaria gigantea might be another possibility perhaps?

    I think you are right Bonedigger. I shouldn't be surprised since it was out of a generic wild flower mix.

    Thanks for the help.


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