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What is this wild flower please



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Field scabious Knautia arvensis I think.

3 Sep, 2017

 

yes that is a good id

I grow this in the garden with seed collected in the wilds of sunderland haha

3 Sep, 2017

 

I think it's Devil's-bit Scabious, Succisa pratensis. Knautia has deeply lobed leaves.

3 Sep, 2017

 

some of the leaves on mine are not lobed at all, which makes weeding them out a pain. also devil's bit tends to be a darker purple. but it could well be devil's bit.

where did you see it growing? devils bit tends to be on more acidic soils and field scabious on chalky soils.

4 Sep, 2017

 

Re the colour I thought the photo was a bit over exposed - they might well be darker than they look here?

Aren't the flowers a bit small for arvensis?

4 Sep, 2017

 

at this time of year mine are much smaller than in the height of summer.

4 Sep, 2017

 

Ah well, its a scabious anyway...

4 Sep, 2017

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