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#6A bird of prey might hear this nervous rodent.
Ke-ke-ke-ke!!!!
That could be a Sparrowhawk call. I still think you are on the right track, Marjus.
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Tony
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That or i have taken to making random noises, which is always plausible.
Clue: a mead hew woke user.
Or even: awoke rewashed emu.
C'mon Marjus, you write the name out in full as you got there first.
PS Don't forget the hyphen. LOL
Thank you TJ!
Mouse-Ear Hawkweed
:-)
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well done MarJus
Ray
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Congratulations to all of you who guessed Mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum). First a bit about the clues: 'A bird of prey might hear this nervous rodent' and 'a mead hew woke user'. A bird of prey= a hawk, hear refers to ear, nervous, wee(d) - what you might do if you were :) and rodent=mouse. The second clue was an anagram.
A member of the Asteraceae family, the Mouse-ear hawkweed has lemon-yellow flowerheads and are often described as a ragged version of their dandelion cousin. A perennail, this plant flowers between May and October and are a favourite with many insects. Preferring dry sunny areas, the Mouse-ear hawkweed is widespread throughout the UK.
A picture of a Mouse-ear hawkweed can be found here.Did you know?: According to French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, if a blade was covered by the juices of this plant, it could cut through stone as easily as it would wood!Keep an eye out for next weeks mystery flower.
Take care,
Claire