Hello Folks! Flowers not only decorate our meadows, our woodlands, our roadsides with splashes of colour, but they also provide food and shelter for a whole host of insects. We have only to look at UK flowers to appreciate their beauty, their scent, their diversity.Each Monday for 12 weeks I will be posting a little teaser for you. Without looking in books or on the internet (i.e - no cheating), see if you can identify the UK flower. On Wednesday, so as long as no-one has guessed it, I will post one clue. On Friday I will post the answer along with some additional information for your interest.Keep a note of each species, as I will be asking which is the odd one out at the end of the quiz.MYSTERY FLOWER QUIZ#2Mythical dentures.
could that be dragons tooth TJ
Ray
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So you are good at anagrams, Ray. LOL
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Unknown said:So you are good at anagrams, Ray. LOL
Ray's good at winkling out these mysteries as well!
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" - Wlliam Blake
if there's more than one can we call them Dragons teeth, wich fits the clue better lol
Actually I got the anagram wrong. Doh!
How about "Dearest Thong" instead.
Clue: St George was no dentist.
That george new how to pull em lol
Sounds like you've clinched it Ray! Well done!
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Ahhh, its not over 'til the fat lady sings (clears throat, can someone give me a C sharp!).
Congrats to all of you who guessed Dragon’s teeth (Tetragonolobus maritimus). I doubt if Jason or Cadmus would have gotten what they expected if they had managed to plant these Dragons teeth! Reaching about a foot in height, Dragons teeth have pale yellow ‘pea-family’ shaped flowers.
Their leaves occur in groups of 3 and are clover-like, but are longer and hairy on the back, as are the stalks. Preferring chalkland, Dragon’s teeth, a perennial herb, are often found in southern England, but can also be found on rubbish tips, wasteland and roadsides.
A picture of Dragon’s teeth can be found here.
Did you know?: Tetragonolobus maritimus was first cultivated in Britain in 1683 and was recorded wild in 1875.
Keep an eye out for next weeks mystery flower.
Take care,
Claire