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AN AUTUMN morning, wet and misty, turns to a fresh, sunny afternoon. Most of our Dandelion look-alikes are now in a second flowering;Autumn Dandelion, or Autumn Hawkbit, Leontodon autumnalis, on roadside verges and path sides, looks like an undernourished Dandelion.
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Cat's-Ear, Hypochaeris radicata, is taller, with small cat's ear-shaped bracts growing from the stem.
Dandelion, Taraxcum officinale, is flowering and seeding, with dandelion clocks dotting the roadside verges.
Leafy Hawkweed, Hieracum umbellatum, is in flower both in shade alongside the woodland path and in full sun on the towpath.
Perennial Sowthistle, Sonchus arvensis, is in flower in a neglected border of our garden.
Smooth Sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus is looking the worse for wear, but still has one or two flowers, by the canal.
Nipplewort, Lapsana communis, is a plentiful weed in our garden. I've drawn it in close up. The plant if rather tall and spindly.
In the afternoon sun a dronefly makes its way around the individual florets of a head of Common Ragwort flowers by the pond. A large hoverfly with an oval abdomen visits the Autumn Dandelions by the canal.
