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CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
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Asking for a friend - it makes me laugh when people say that, as though it's something really embarrassing. But I really am! Any ideas? Apparently it opens into a purple flower during the day.

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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    edited June 2022
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    Senior moment here.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It looks like a corn cockle, which is a wild flower.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    However, having Googled, I may be wrong! I saw corn cockles in a wild flower garden on Sunday and was reminded of them.
    Would be easier if we could see the flower. It looks familiar though.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    I think it's corncockle too Busy-Lizzie and are the seed heads with the tufts on?
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Tragopogon porrifolius, Salsify


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    That tufty seed head is part of the plant Uff. I think you're right Nutcutlet from a google search comparison. Thanks all
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Yes Nutcutlet is right and the seedhead is there too, lower down. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Beautiful but seeds everwhere in clay soil, ends up in neighbours gardens just like dandelions
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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