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Common Ragwort, Fintry, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) showing flowers and the pappus (thistle-down) heads typical of the Asteraceae family, Fintry, Great Cumbrae
27 September 2020
Hawkweed, Milton, Dumbarton
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West Dunbartonshire and Clydebank
Yellow flowered hawkweeds are typically referred to as Hieracium agg. This is due to the large number of microspecies of Hawkweed which even specialists struggle to identify. This yellow flower is more common in Northern Britain than in the South and can be seen between June and August. Like a Dandelion, it is in Asteraceae, the Daisy family, and produces fluffy seed heads which aid wind dispersal of the seeds. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Creeping thistle with thistledown, Basildon Park
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seen displaying thistledown, the mature silky pappus of a thistle. This allows the seeds to be dispersed easily by the wind. The Creeping Thistle can be distinguished from the similar Marsh Thistle by having few if any prickles on its main stem, whereas the Marsh Thistle is covered in them. Taken by David Palmar in Basildon Park in Berkshire.
31 August 2020
Creeping Thistle
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense). Here the pappi (tufts of hairs) are beginning to emerge. These will carry the seeds away on the wind. Photographed at Fallin Bing.
