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    Help identifying wild flower ?

    Please help, Unidentified wild flower covering a whole field (some 3 acres) which is now ruined (should have been for hay).

    LOCATION: Rhuallt, North Wales, LL17 0TH


    pictures here:

    Flickr: mikegroves2013's Photostream


    THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP
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    Croeso Mike
    Is it Yellow Rattle? Rhinanthus minor

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    • #3
      could be hemp nettle
      '' We came in different ships, but we're all in the same boat ''

      ''I'm only responsible for what I say...not what you understand.''

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      • #4
        If it is then...
        quote.... "! But you can get rid of it easily: just cut the flowers before they can produce seed, and the yellow rattle will disappear from your meadow"

        ...it says here it's toxic to animals so you intend to use the grass next year as hay then you need to cut it asap to get rid of it!
        Have a look espesh at the uses on this iste...

        Plants & Fungi: Rhinanthus minor (yellow rattle) - Species profile from Kew
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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