Wild Flowers you have seen while out walking....!

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    What do you think of this plant? Not even sure if it's a flower! It might be a weed for all I know but it looks pretty and the bees were loving it! Do you know what it's called?
     

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      Could be gorse, but not sure, a few more close up pics will help
       
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        I think I would say Gorse or Broome but a closer shot might tell.. Is is prickly do you know.? If it is, then it is probably Gorse, but both can look similar from a distance and grow wild. Lovely plants but terrible if you have allergies.! :sick0026:
         
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          Thank you. I'll get another photo when I go out walking there again. The branches were a little thorny and the flowers were like buttercups almost. Very pretty and they were dotted around all over the place. They must be pretty hardy too as they are in a very windy and exposed area.


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          Yes they were very prickly!


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          Hmm probably gorse it can grow virtually anywhere sunny.. It is a lovely plant I think too, :SUNsmile: but once you really start to look at flowers most of them are wonderful to look at, large or small cultivated and non-cultivated.. :biggrin:
           
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          And the blossom smells of coconut - really intense perfume. No wonder the bees love it,
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            Butterfly Orchid

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            Dyers Greenweed.

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            Agrimony.

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            Adder's Tongue Fern.
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            Tuberous Vechling.
             
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              Gosh, some unusual ones there Ziggy. All new to me , except the vetchling,
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                40 years of being into wildflowers and i'm still finding new ones :)
                 
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                  spotted these recently but I don't know what they are?
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                    first one is a Cranesbill /Magnificum I think? Oh, that second one has a very pungent "gas like" odour if I remember correctly. Didn't like the smell at all,
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                      Just looked it up _ it's Hedge Woundwort...:runforhills::yikes: :gaah:
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                        It was amongst the nettles Jenny so didn't smell it.
                         
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                          It's a weird smell. An almost overpowering smell of stale gas,
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