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Lithospermum officinale

Common Gromwell
Grummel

Anthophyta
Flowering plants
Boraginaceae Photographer: J R Crellin
Homefield Wood, Buckinghamshire.
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Alex Bennett says "The old English name for this herb is Grummel. I found this in Sheridan's Dictionary of 1745."

Dave White comments: "I just wondered if you realise what an unusual specimen you have photographed? One of the Common Gromwell flowers appears to have 6 petals and 6 anthers. (Also these are unusually large flowers, the examples) growing in Queensdown Warren have flowers no more than 4mm across."

(I hadn't spotted the unusual flower at all !)

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30 May 2006
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
Focussing: Manual
1/200 sec - F/22
Exp. compensation: -0.7 EV
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 320
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