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buzzy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 12:39 am    Post subject: Purple Oil Seed Rape?? Reply with quote
    

I don't really think this is what it was, but I came across a field planted with a crop, the flowers of which were clearly cruciferous (the same shape as oil seed rape flowers) but pale lilac to white in colour. Not as tall and branchy as OSR. Such seed pods as there were, were long and thin (but still immature). No photographs, as I was accompanied by a better botanist, who took away a specimen but has yet to nail it.

Any suggestions?

I suppose it could be bird cover.

Henry

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Flowering, now?

Ty Gwyn



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Linseed i presume.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

From the description it sounds more like sweet rocket, Hesperis matronalis, or a relative.

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I would have thought linseed from the flower, but wouldn't expect it to be in flower now and the seeds are not long and thin. Linseed, or flax, can be in varying shades of blue, possibly even purple or pinky, or white.

marigold



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Linseed isn't cruciferous and the seed pods are round. What were the leaves like?

marigold



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 8:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lady's Smock or Bittercress? Very early to be in flower, but the mild wet weather might have favoured them. I can't think why anyone would grow either as a crop though. Unless it's a green manure that has been left too long perhaps.

Lorrainelovesplants



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

alfalfa?

marigold



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There a some cover crop possibilities here- fodder radish, texel greens? Though again this seems an odd time for themto be in flower.

marigold



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:
alfalfa?


Is a legume, not a brassica

Rob R



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

marigold wrote:
Lorrainelovesplants wrote:
alfalfa?


Is a legume, not a brassica


And still in the ground at this time of year.

buzzy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rob R wrote:
Flowering, now?


Yep.

Henry

buzzy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ty Gwyn wrote:
Linseed i presume.


No, nothing at all like linseed. (Which has blue flowers (round here), not lilac/white)

Henry

Ty Gwyn



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

GM.

buzzy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 14 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

marigold wrote:
Linseed isn't cruciferous and the seed pods are round. What were the leaves like?


Much like OSR.

Henry

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