Ornamental Cabbages (Title Photo)
Dear Readers, we have a three-way split for First Prize this week, with Mal from FEARN, Anne and Fran and Bobby Freelove all identifying all 15 of the plants correctly. Well done all of you! I shall have to think of something fiendish for tomorrow 🙂 you’re all too good at this stuff…..
1) F) Sea Kale (Crambe maritima)
2) I) Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)
3) J) Charlock (Sinapsis arvensis)
4) A) Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)
5) O) Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
6) M) Horseradish (Amoracia rusticana)
7) N) Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba)
8) B) Danish Scurvygrass (Cochlearia danica)
9) H) Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
10) C) Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
11) D) Cuckooflower/Lady’s Smock (Cardamine pratensis)
12) G) Honesty (Lunaria annua)
13) E) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
14) L) Dame’s Violet (Hesperis matronalis)
15) K) Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)
Photo Credits
Title Photo by Terren, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo One by Bob JonesÂ
Photo Two by H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Three by Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Four by H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Five by Tony Atkin / Garlic Mustard – Alliaria petiolata
Photo Six by Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Seven by Sten, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Eight by Nick Moyes at https://www.flickr.com/photos/21874898@N05/2120901133
Photo Nine by ÎŁ64, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Ten by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=133378
Photo Eleven by Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Twelve by CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107188
Photo Thirteen by Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Fourteen by Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo Fifteen by Aiwok, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
What a surprise . It is a pity I will have to pass on this week’s quiz: too much on my plate – the photographs are very enticing though!
What a shame Anne, especially after your shared victory last week 🙂 but there’s always next Saturday…
More a cabbage, but feeling like a king!