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#8Slice in a cone.
Yes Ray, I have always seen myself as unruly and out of control :)!
On that note, best post a clue: light pink in May, dark pink in June.
Still lost
Ray
a good laugh is better than a tonic
Red Campion - Silene dioica
Cin J
Hi Caroline
Could well be a campion, think the first clue is an anagram. "slice in a "is in there, that leaves edio
is there a cone there
I'm still none the wiser. Following the pattern of previous ones I feel it's got to have the name of a critter of some sort in the answer. Other than that I've no idea.
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Apologies for delay in delivering the answer to last weeks quiz, have had a poorly back and was out of action. Anyhoo, the answer is....drum roll please - Sand catchfly (Silene conica). First a bit about the clues: 'Slice in a cone' is an anagram of the latin for Sand catchfly - Silene conica. The second clue refers to the change in petal colour in the months it flowers.
A member of the Caryophyllaceae family, the Campions - to which you may be familar with the Red or White variety, Sand catchfly's are annuals that can be found on dune, sandy shingles, open pastures and wasteland. They have five almost triangular-shaped pink petals and as far as I know, unlike the Red campion the crushed seeds cannot be used to cure snakebites!
A picture of a Sand catchfly can be found here.
Did you know?: Sand catchfly have become extinct in Scotland.
Keep an eye out for next week’s mystery flower.
Take care,
Claire
P.S: If you fancy seeing some in the flesh, why pop along to our North Warren reserve in Suffolk.
I'd never have got that in a month of Sundays. I've never even heard of it. Well done to Germain who at least got the right family with Red Campion.
Sorry to hear about the bad back, Mrs T. Not much fun and hope it improves soon.
You are right TeeJay about there being a critter link. Well I was heading in the right direction but would not have got that. Mrs T look after your back, try and keep moving gently and no sudden movement.
Caroline in Jersey
No danger from any sudden movement from me, have been banned from walking the dog and lifting any mildy weighty. Have only to waddle until November until my op. Felt so bad for not being able to post the answer until today.