Mercurialis annua

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© J R Crellin 2006

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Flowering plants
Mercurialis annua
Spurge family
Euphorbiaceae		 Photographer: John Crellin
Near Plympton, Plymouth
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David Fenwick found the site, identified the plants and took me there to see them.

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07 October 2006
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: introduced before 1500 AD
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
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1/60 sec - F/16
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 320
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Mercurialis annua
© J R Crellin 2006

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Protected by a Creative Commons Licence. 		Anthophyta
Flowering plants
Mercurialis annua
(Mercurialis ambigua)
Spurge family
Euphorbiaceae		 Photographer: John Crellin
Near Plympton, Plymouth
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Darren Obbard points out that this is an unusual plant for the UK:

"Bizarrely, this individual is monoecious (hermaphrodite) suggesting it is from the polyploid lineage (Mercurialis ambigua L.fils. -- or sub.sp. ambigua, depending on classification) - This most definitely should not be growing in the UK as it is native to Iberia/Morocco!"

(British plants would normally be either male or female individually.)

David Fenwick found the site, identified the plants and took me there to see them.

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07 October 2006
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: introduced before 1500 AD
Nikon D70
Exposure Mode: Shutter Priority
Metering: Multi-Pattern
Focussing: Manual
1/60 sec - F/16
Lens: 60mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 320
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