By Hazelirene
Buckinghamshire,
United Kingdom 
Please can anyone tell me the name of this plant? My books and internet searches so far have not come up with anything. The flower looks like that of a Pulmonaria, of which I have many of the common type. The leaves however are not like those of that family. This plant has just appeared from nowhere. The leaves have "bumps" on the upper surface and stiff hairs on the undersurface.
4 Apr, 2011
Answers
I'd say they are Owdboggy, looking at the leaf in the centre bottom of the pic, isn't that precisely what you're describing? I'd like to know what it is, and I suspect you know, lol.
4 Apr, 2011
What is really frustrating is that , yes I do know what it is. It is an over wintering early flowering annual and it seeds itself all over our garden. But the name................nothing pops up.
4 Apr, 2011
How about Nonea lutea?
4 Apr, 2011
Thanks Owdboggy - Nonea Lutea it is. I have looked at other pictures of it on the web and you are spot on. It is described as a hardy biennial. Thanks for your help - I don't think I would have found this one in a month of Sundays. Aint the WWW wonderful!
4 Apr, 2011
It is, Hazelirene, not least because it allows access to Owdboggy's knowledge. Never heard of this plant before...
4 Apr, 2011
Nor had my reference books - the only people that seem to know about it are Owdboggy and a few others in the ether......
4 Apr, 2011
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