This curious species often lurks unnoticed at the base of a hedgerow, its greenish-yellow flowers lost against the delicate, rather fern-...Read Morelike foliage. It is worth searching out the plant because the flower-heads have a unique arrangement: four flowers face outwards and a single flower faces upwards. Such an unusual arrangement has earned this species the picturesque alternative common name of 'Townhall Clock'. The top flower has four petals but the side flowers have five. The flowers have a musk-like scent, particularly in the evening.
This curious species often lurks unnoticed at the base of a hedgerow, its greenish-yellow flowers lost against the delicate, rather fern-...Read More