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| 4th April 2007, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan. | Photo: © RWD |
Up to 20cm high, and looking a little like Bristly Oxtongueunless given a second look. |
| 15th July 2011, Colchester. | Photo: © Phil Brew |
| Looks more like a deep yellow version of Bugloss, but there doesn't seem to be one. |
| 4th April 2007, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves are covered in long straight white hairs, and wavy like Bugloss. |
| 4th April 2007, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers are typically trumpet-shaped like those of Butterfly Bush or Bugloss, yellow and with five very short petals. |
| 4th April 2007, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan. | Photo: © RWD |
| It is said that the flowers are on the upper side of coiled spikes typical of the Borage Family, hence the name fiddleneck, but there seems no evidence of that here... |
| 4th April 2007, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves are wavy-edged, taper gradually to a point, and attach to the main stem without stalks. |
| 4th April 2007, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Wigan. | Photo: © RWD |
| Stems round, slightly furrowed, and with the same long straight white hairs as the leaves. |
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Easily mistaken for :
Some similarities to :
Can be mistaken for: It grows on bare or disturbed land, usually in sandy soils or sometimes as an arable weed. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |

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Amsinckia (Fiddlenecks) |
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