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Wildflower identification

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Helenahandkart · 25/05/2023 11:48

Please can anyone identify this? Growing wild in the southwest on the edge of ploughed fields.

Wildflower identification
Wildflower identification
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Loopzy · 25/05/2023 11:58

I think it is Fiddleneck.

bloodywhitecat · 25/05/2023 12:00

Loopzy · 25/05/2023 11:58

I think it is Fiddleneck.

I don't know what it is but what a great name, I am having a crap time lately but that made me smile.

23calfache · 25/05/2023 12:05

Hi, i've got this growing in my garden it's Phacelia

Loopzy · 25/05/2023 12:11

23calfache · 25/05/2023 12:05

Hi, i've got this growing in my garden it's Phacelia

I looks like it's the same thing, Fiddleneck is easier to remember for me 😀

Fiddleneck

Phacelia tanacetifolia | fiddleneck Annual Biennial/RHS Gardening

Phacelia tanacetifolia | fiddleneck Annual Biennial/RHS Gardening

Find help & information on Phacelia tanacetifolia fiddleneck Annual Biennial from the RHS

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/23945/phacelia-tanacetifolia/details

Loopzy · 25/05/2023 12:17

bloodywhitecat · 25/05/2023 12:00

I don't know what it is but what a great name, I am having a crap time lately but that made me smile.

It is a great name for it and describes it perfectly, because of the way the stems curl over at the top! Sorry you're having a crap time.

Helenahandkart · 25/05/2023 16:00

Thank you! Mystery solved. Great work everyone 🙂

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MereDintofPandiculation · 25/05/2023 20:03

Loopzy · 25/05/2023 12:17

It is a great name for it and describes it perfectly, because of the way the stems curl over at the top! Sorry you're having a crap time.

It’s because it’s in the borage/forget-me-not/comfrey/lungwort family. They all do that if you look closely

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