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Taraxacum
27-Jan-09, 22:58
The first flower I have photographed this year is the Winter Heliotrope (Petasites fragrans). Several sites have disappeared, so this one, in the hedge below the Park Hotel in Thurso (on the rugby ground side of the road) is the only one I know about. It differs from the White Butterbur by having smaller rounder leaves and finer flower stems and the petals are mauve to white. Is there any more anywhere?
Sorry folks, I can't get the picture to show!
http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1226edited2bj6.jpg%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp ://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1989/img1226edited2bj6.th.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5Dhttp://forum.caithness.org/%5Burl=http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1226edited2bj6.jpg%5D%5Bimg=http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1989/img1226edited2bj6.th.jpg%5D%5B/url%5D
http://forum.caithness.org/%5BURL=http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1226edited2bj6.jpg%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp ://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1989/img1226edited2bj6.th.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D
changilass
28-Jan-09, 18:36
can anyone else see the pic cos I can't :(
canuck
28-Jan-09, 20:18
can anyone else see the pic cos I can't :(

Nor me. But, like all flowers this time of year one has to use one's imagination. :)
the_count
29-Jan-09, 00:52
I guess you mean this one taraxacum .... link is to westernisles website :D
http://www.thewesternisles.co.uk/wildflowers/winter-heliotrope.htm
Taraxacum
30-Jan-09, 22:25
Hi, Count - I meant the one below which works when you click it but doesn't work when I put it into the "post a picture" icon. What am I doing wrong?


http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1226edited2bj6.jpg

http://forum.caithness.org/%5Bimg%5Dhttp://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1226edited2bj6.jpg%5B/img%5D
Oddquine
31-Jan-09, 02:11
I think this one was the last of 2008 going by the state of it.

http://www.oddquine.co.uk/flower.jpg
the_count
31-Jan-09, 20:25
not sure taraxacum i just tried to cut and paste the link but couldn't get it to workither maybe ita a problem with imageshack? I use photobucket and haven't had a problem with posting pictures yet, is image shack supported? :roll:
Seabird
01-Mar-09, 17:52
Not counting snowdrops, daisy and Gorse this is the first wild flower i've come across.
Not a clue as to it's name.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e307/seabird72/flowers/Unknown1-3-09.jpg
Kenn
01-Mar-09, 18:10
Tussilago farfara flowers before the leaves appear.Grows weedy places in uncultivated soil.
Can be used for medicinal purposes.