Id help please

pwinkie03 · 22-04-2012, 09:22 PM

Hi, any ideas what this is, i looked through the book and it looks similar to some of the thistle but i dont think it is, its quite a deep bluish-purple.

Thanks all!

alley cat · 22-04-2012, 09:37 PM

Looks like Cornflower, although the leaves look fuller on that one than the ones I have seen.

summerangel · 22-04-2012, 10:17 PM

Is it knapweed

JoesMum · 22-04-2012, 10:20 PM

Looks like Knapweed to me. Tortoise table says its safe to feed but torts don't find it palatable

pwinkie03 · 22-04-2012, 10:21 PM

hmmmm... it looks the colour of the cornflower but not sure if that is it, and it does resemble the knapweed too but isnt the right colour. Its a tricky one, as soon as i get a fully open flower ill post a new pic

TortBabe · 22-04-2012, 10:21 PM

Its either knapweed or cornflower, I'm tending to think more cornflower

TortBabe · 22-04-2012, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoesMum

Looks like Knapweed to me. Tortoise table says its safe to feed but torts don't find it palatable

My guys love knapweed

Rowan · 23-04-2012, 07:19 AM

Looks like Batchelor's Button,?

http://thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/...9.asp?catID=31

alley cat · 23-04-2012, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rowan

Looks like Batchelor's Button,?

http://thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/...9.asp?catID=31

I think you have a positive ID there!

suttysue · 23-04-2012, 08:57 AM

I also think your spot on Rowan. Having checked it out in my new wild flower book it is deffo not Knapweed or Cornflower.
sue

22-04-2012, 09:22 PM	#1
pwinkie03 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 548	Id help please Hi, any ideas what this is, i looked through the book and it looks similar to some of the thistle but i dont think it is, its quite a deep bluish-purple. Thanks all! __________________ 1.0.0 Common Musk Turtle: You can find out more about Stinkpot at... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003275610357 0.0.2 Pancake Tortoise - You can see more of Sheldon, Swarley and Spartacus (RIP) at... http://www.youtube.com/user/SheldonandSwarely

22-04-2012, 10:17 PM	#3
summerangel Member Hatched Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 275	Is it knapweed __________________ Julia

22-04-2012, 10:20 PM	#4
JoesMum Member Hatchling Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 717	Looks like Knapweed to me. Tortoise table says its safe to feed but torts don't find it palatable __________________ 1.0.0 Testudo Graeca Graeca (Mediterranean Spur Thigh) raised from very small and approximately 50 years old.

22-04-2012, 10:21 PM	#5
pwinkie03 Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 548	hmmmm... it looks the colour of the cornflower but not sure if that is it, and it does resemble the knapweed too but isnt the right colour. Its a tricky one, as soon as i get a fully open flower ill post a new pic __________________ 1.0.0 Common Musk Turtle: You can find out more about Stinkpot at... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003275610357 0.0.2 Pancake Tortoise - You can see more of Sheldon, Swarley and Spartacus (RIP) at... http://www.youtube.com/user/SheldonandSwarely

22-04-2012, 10:21 PM	#6
TortBabe Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 6,919	Its either knapweed or cornflower, I'm tending to think more cornflower __________________ Busy Mum to ~ 2 Kids, 2 Yorkies, 1 Horsfield, 6 Hermanns, 2 Iberas, 6 Tunisians, 2 Indian Stars and 2 Pancakes

22-04-2012, 09:37 PM	#2
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	Looks like Cornflower, although the leaves look fuller on that one than the ones I have seen.

23-04-2012, 07:19 AM	#8
Rowan Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bury St Edmunds Posts: 1,703	Looks like Batchelor's Button,? http://thetortoisetable.org.uk/site/...9.asp?catID=31 __________________ Row xx

23-04-2012, 08:57 AM	#10
suttysue Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK / Eng / Yorkshire Posts: 1,483	I also think your spot on Rowan. Having checked it out in my new wild flower book it is deffo not Knapweed or Cornflower. sue

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