Here are some more photos of the Garden at Cantock's Close at the University of Bristol.
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| Flower of unidentified plant - possibly of the Family Apiaceae |
I think that the plant (flower above) belongs to the Family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae) which is commonly known as the the carrot or parsley family. The reason I sat that is because the foliage and flower structure resemble that of Dacus carota (Carrot) and other members of Apiaceae. But I'm not entirely certain yet.
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| View of the rock garden at Cantock's Close |
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| Echinaceae
purpurea and unidentified plant |
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| Unidentified plant |
Above is the plant with the dense clusters of yellow flowers which I suspect belongs to Apiaceae. Note the leaves structure.
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| Echinops rito or E.
ritro subsp. Ruthenicus - Globe
thistle
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Echinops is a genus that belongs to the Tribe Cynareae which is part of Family Asteraceae. I am not sure if these are
Echinops rito or Echinops
ritro subspecies Ruthenicus or even another species in the genus. However, since both of these have been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society accolade of Garden merit, I think that it is highly likely that that would make them the most likely candidates.
'Veitch's Blue'
Incidentally both Family Asteraceae and Family Apiaceae belong to the Order Asterales.
Asterids – Order Asterales – Family Asteraceae – Tribe
Cynareae – Genus: Echinops – Species: E. rito (Ruthenian globe thistle), E.
sphaerocephalus (Great globe thistle or Plae globe thistle), E. ritro and
subspecies E. ritro subsp. Ruthenicus
Asterids – Order Asterales – Family Asteraceae – Subfamily:
Asteroideae – Tribe: Heliantheae – Genus: Echinaceae – Species: E. purpurea
Asterids
– Order: Apiales – Family: Apiaceae: –
Genus: Dacus – Species: D. carota (carrot)
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