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"The unusual and the overlooked".
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Latest Posting: Field scabious
Superficially, this looks like the Devil's-bit scabious shown last week:
There are 3 scabious detail in my reference manuals: The Devil's-bit, the Field, and the Small. The Devil's-bit (as shown last week) was relatively easy to distinguish from the other two; however I found it very difficult to to separate the Field from the Small. I was pouring over my reference books when I notice one key difference - the sepals at the rear of the flower. This enabled my to identify this species as the Field scabious (to the best of my knowledge!)
This was found growing in the grass in the orchard area of my smallholding. There were only a few plants growing. After taking photos of these both inside and out, I noticed some very large plants growing in one of the borders by the house. On one of the occasions there was a cabbage white butterfly feeding on the nectar (don't get me going as to which species of cabbage white this is...)
The following photo is of the rear of the flower head which helped my identify this plant:
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