Borage Family [Boraginaceae] |
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14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Grows to 30cm high but is a bit flimsy. |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
There are hairs on the pinnate leaves which are in opposite pairs. |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
When open the flowers are usually pale blue. |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The 5 lanceolate sepals have 5 accessory lobes which are angled downwards between them. |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The corolla is between 15 to 30mm across, pale blue and with a whitish centre. |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Each flower has 5 white filaments with T-bar anthers atop, |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The flowers can also be white or a darker blue. |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Note the unopened flower just left of centre. The 5 sepals are isosceles-triangular. Five shorter accessory lobes emerge at the bottom between the sepals. |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
Several pinnate leaves emerge from the same location on the stem. The leaves can have between 5 and 13 lobes which can be entire or have between 1 to 3 teeth. |
14th Aug 2013, Moses Gate Country Park, Bolton, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
The larger pinnate leaves have teeth (seen top right) |
Not to be semantically confused with : Blue-eyed-Grass (Sisyrinchium bermudiana), Some similarities to : Flax (Linum usitatissimum) and Perennial Flax (Linum perenne) Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature : It is a casual neophyte which is native to California, America and hardly occurs in the UK except in gardens. It occurs casually on waste tips and the sites of old gardens, but it does not persist for long. These specimens were presumed planted. |
Nemophila | menziesii | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Boraginaceae |
Nemophila (Baby-blue-eyes) |
Borage Family [Boraginaceae] |