@johnjohnston It looks quite a bit like the evening primrose native to North America, which is unrelated to the Scottish Primrose (and looks nothing like it).
this has 5 petals not 4 so I don’t think cuckoo flower. Although there are a lot of them about at the mo. @carolinebreyley suggested ‘grass of Parnassus’ which look likely except for the date.
As the name implies, it blossoms at dusk in Utah where I’ve encountered it most frequently. But the blossoms last through the night and into the next day for a while.
@johnjohnston@oroboros ive only seen yellow evening primrose. I was going to say mallow, but the flower structure does suggest a Primula species. Could be an Oeneothera, but I can’t get a good look at the stigma.
@oroboros@jeremycherfas Thanks, I don’t think Oenothera, they seem to North American, I found this quite far from cultivation so don’t think it was an introduce or escapee. After a few twitter suggestions I now think it might be Wood Sorrel, quite a few miles away from the nearest woodland, and a bit higher than expected.
@johnjohnston It looks quite a bit like the evening primrose native to North America, which is unrelated to the Scottish Primrose (and looks nothing like it).
http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/r...
this has 5 petals not 4 so I don’t think cuckoo flower. Although there are a lot of them about at the mo.
@carolinebreyley suggested ‘grass of Parnassus’ which look likely except for the date.
Thanks, looks like the best match so, I didn’t get that far through my book as it is organised by flowering date…
@oroboros it does indeed, too far from home I think.
Our flowering often out of sync because of light. No real dark now so all will be catching up!
@johnjohnston Wikipedia mentions it was introduced to Europe in the 17th century. There’s a map showing distribution here:
http://www.nonnativespecies.org/factsheet...
As the name implies, it blossoms at dusk in Utah where I’ve encountered it most frequently. But the blossoms last through the night and into the next day for a while.
Mountain Sorrel. I use the app plantsnap. Take a picture and it identifies it. Brill wee app forout walking.
This Status was mentioned on brid-gy.appspot.com
Thanks, that looks like a match, but en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_mo… seems to be a North American species. I am now wondeing if it is Wood Sorrel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_ac… that is a bit lost, a few miles an hundred metres up from the nearest wood?
@johnjohnston @oroboros ive only seen yellow evening primrose. I was going to say mallow, but the flower structure does suggest a Primula species. Could be an Oeneothera, but I can’t get a good look at the stigma.
@oroboros @jeremycherfas Thanks, I don’t think Oenothera, they seem to North American, I found this quite far from cultivation so don’t think it was an introduce or escapee. After a few twitter suggestions I now think it might be Wood Sorrel, quite a few miles away from the nearest woodland, and a bit higher than expected.
@johnjohnston yes, could be. I only have Oxalis tuberosa to hand and the flower structure is very similar. The leaf would clinch it.
Spring beauty: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytonia_virginica?wprov=sfti1