Flower identification

[Asha Santon]

The flower below is:

20cm tall (approx)
Not noticeably aromatic

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The location is not important as it grew from a packet of Suttons
Wildlife Garden Annual Mix sown in a container. The packet contains
"Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Poppy and other Wild Flowers"

This will be an 'other' then but it seems not to quite fit in with
descriptions in Blamey, Fitter, Fitter (or indeed with the earlier
Fitter, Fitter, Blamey)

Suggestions appreciated. I have two of my own but cannot agree with
myself, hence this post
Image is reduced in size but otherwise unedited so colour etc is 'as
is' on a cloudy but fairly bright day

[Bob Hobden]

Post by Asha Santon
20cm tall (approx)
Not noticeably aromatic
http://nature.opcop.org.uk/eyren/flower2206.jpg
The location is not important as it grew from a packet of Suttons
Wildlife Garden Annual Mix sown in a container. The packet contains
"Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Poppy and other Wild Flowers"
This will be an 'other' then but it seems not to quite fit in with
descriptions in Blamey, Fitter, Fitter (or indeed with the earlier
Fitter, Fitter, Blamey)
Suggestions appreciated. I have two of my own but cannot agree with
myself, hence this post
Image is reduced in size but otherwise unedited so colour etc is 'as
is' on a cloudy but fairly bright day

Looks like a "Dead Nettle" to me, do a search and look at the photos.

[Asha Santon]

Post by Bob Hobden

Post by Asha Santon
20cm tall (approx)
Not noticeably aromatic
http://nature.opcop.org.uk/eyren/flower2206.jpg
The location is not important as it grew from a packet of Suttons
Wildlife Garden Annual Mix sown in a container. The packet contains
"Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Poppy and other Wild Flowers"
This will be an 'other' then but it seems not to quite fit in with
descriptions in Blamey, Fitter, Fitter (or indeed with the earlier
Fitter, Fitter, Blamey)
Suggestions appreciated. I have two of my own but cannot agree with
myself, hence this post
Image is reduced in size but otherwise unedited so colour etc is 'as
is' on a cloudy but fairly bright day

Looks like a "Dead Nettle" to me, do a search and look at the photos.

Thanks for the response.
I have been through the releveant pages of both the above mentioned books.

I was torn between Ground Ivy and Cut-leaved Dead Nettle but they
didn't quite fit.

I posted because if it is a dead-nettle then I couldn't decide which
one it might be.

Someone (elsewhere) has suggested Henbit Dead Nettle which is promising.
There is also a Northern Dead Nettle which is possible.

I resisted doing web searches as it yields generic results unless I
search for every possible species individually and there was always a
chance that someone may know.

[Tina]

Post by Bob Hobden

Post by Asha Santon
20cm tall (approx)
Not noticeably aromatic
http://nature.opcop.org.uk/eyren/flower2206.jpg
The location is not important as it grew from a packet of Suttons
Wildlife Garden Annual Mix sown in a container. The packet contains
"Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Poppy and other Wild Flowers"
This will be an 'other' then but it seems not to quite fit in with
descriptions in Blamey, Fitter, Fitter (or indeed with the earlier
Fitter, Fitter, Blamey)
Suggestions appreciated. I have two of my own but cannot agree with
myself, hence this post
Image is reduced in size but otherwise unedited so colour etc is 'as
is' on a cloudy but fairly bright day

Looks like a "Dead Nettle" to me, do a search and look at the photos.

It's not that, Bob, see the leaves. Nothing like.

[Mike Coon]

Post by Tina

Post by Bob Hobden

Post by Asha Santon
20cm tall (approx)
Not noticeably aromatic
http://nature.opcop.org.uk/eyren/flower2206.jpg
The location is not important as it grew from a packet of Suttons
Wildlife Garden Annual Mix sown in a container. The packet contains
"Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Poppy and other Wild Flowers"
This will be an 'other' then but it seems not to quite fit in with
descriptions in Blamey, Fitter, Fitter (or indeed with the earlier
Fitter, Fitter, Blamey)
Suggestions appreciated. I have two of my own but cannot agree with
myself, hence this post
Image is reduced in size but otherwise unedited so colour etc is 'as
is' on a cloudy but fairly bright day

Looks like a "Dead Nettle" to me, do a search and look at the photos.

It's not that, Bob, see the leaves. Nothing like.

Has he been patiently waiting for more than a year????

Mike.

[Richard Torrens (News)]

Post by Asha Santon
20cm tall (approx)
Not noticeably aromatic
http://nature.opcop.org.uk/eyren/flower2206.jpg
The location is not important as it grew from a packet of Suttons
Wildlife Garden Annual Mix sown in a container. The packet contains
"Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Poppy and other Wild Flowers"
This will be an 'other' then but it seems not to quite fit in with
descriptions in Blamey, Fitter, Fitter (or indeed with the earlier
Fitter, Fitter, Blamey)
Suggestions appreciated. I have two of my own but cannot agree with
myself, hence this post
Image is reduced in size but otherwise unedited so colour etc is 'as
is' on a cloudy but fairly bright day

Looks like red dead nettle - Lamium purpureum.

You can usually easily contact your local flora recorder for plant id
http://bsbi.org/local-botany
they are generally interested and helpful.