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#4Ding dong - what a barnet!
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Jennifer T said:Clue: I contain one who is disobedient to authority.
Gaol, jail, prison, cell, tower? Can anyone think of an association with a flower?
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Tony
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Ha-rebel-l
Cin J
what about stocks but see what germain means if so well done TJ
Ray
a good laugh is better than a tonic
Stock's. gaol. cuff's.chain's manical's ball & chain, ----------------------(hair-bell) ??
Less we forget
ummmm.... ok. Right, answer tomorrow.
witch hazel ??
Congratulations to all of you who guessed Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia). First a bit about the clues: Ding dong - what a barnet! - Ding dong obviously refers to the noise bells make, and barnet refers to the ancient site of a well known horse fair, which gave rise to the rhyming slang 'Barnet fair' - Hair, from hair we get hare. The second clue: Clue: I contain one who is disobedient to authority. Looks closely at the word harebell and you'll see ha(rebel)l!
A member of the bell flower family, Harebells have 5 petals that form a bell shape that can be either a violet-blue, pink or white. They are found in nutrient poor grassland and heathland and flower from late spring onwards. When injured or broken, Harebells like other campanulas exudes a white latex substance. They can self pollinate, but also be pollinated by bees.
A picture of a harebell can be found here.
Did you know?: the Harebell is known as the bluebell in Scotland
Keep an eye out for next weeks mystery flower.
Take care,
Claire
Well done TJ! :-)
Here's one from the weekend with a Lasioglossum bee roosting! (See the one in your link has an earwig MrsT!)
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Lovely shot MarJus. I really love harebells, they are so dainty and you half expect them to make a little bell noise :)