Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae] |
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Pappus: (simple) |
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19th Aug 2013, Rewell Wood, West Sussex | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
The stems are upright and grow to 60cm high. The flowers are in a long spike which hardly tapers (if at all). |
19th Aug 2013, Rewell Wood, West Sussex | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
Te leaves are long and linear but supposed to be green on the upperside (and hoary on the underside), however in these specimens there is not a lot of green on the upperside to be seen (nor on Wikipedias specimen). |
19th Aug 2013, Rewell Wood, West Sussex | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
The leaves are hoary on their undersides. |
19th Aug 2013, Rewell Wood, West Sussex | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
The flowers are pale-yellow to pink. Some are rather cylindrical whilst many others are bulbous near at the phyllaries tapering to the inflorescence.
The phyllaries surrounding each flower are brownish on their edges and green in the centre. The flowers are all tubular; the inner flowers are bisexual whilst the outer are female and with narrower corollas. |
Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature : see captions. It is a natice plant which occupies open ground on heaths, fields, woodland rides and banks. It occurs frequently over a lot of the British Isles, Isle of Man and Ireland but avoids most of the west. It is decreasing in occurrence especially in the West. |
Omalotheca | sylvatica | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ |
Omalotheca (Cudweeds) |
Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae] |