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Great Orme Head - Plant?
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:44 pm
by Trev Sawyer
Just going back over some photos I took a week or so ago at Great Orme Head in North Wales. Managed to get a few shots of the variation of Grayling which lives there, but my son also came across the flower in the lower photo below... There only seemed to be one such plant, but I have no idea what it was (taken on 14th July). I've never seen one before, so can anyone identify it and is it rare?
![IMG_1051a.jpg (122.11 KiB) Viewed 168 times Great Orme Head Grayling](./files/thumb_73_c2d894807b44a8a6565538eb741a1e18)
- Great Orme Head Grayling
![IMG_1064a.jpg (219.17 KiB) Viewed 168 times Unknown plant. Edit: Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)](./files/thumb_73_e5230ef73415111605b0eeaa4a65e242)
- Unknown plant. Edit: Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)
Cheers,
Trev
Re: Great Orme Head - Plant?
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:15 pm
by ChrisC
spiked speedwell? by no means definitive ID.
Re: Great Orme Head - Plant?
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:19 pm
by Mark Colvin
I agree with Chris.
Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata) looks most likely.
Kind regards. Mark
Re: Great Orme Head - Plant?
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:29 pm
by Trev Sawyer
Thanks guys,
I have found a bit more info on line and it appears there is a northern variety of the Spiked Speedwell on Great Orme Head. A lovely little plant - very striking.
Trev