Another quiet day. Went for a walk this morning, had a nice chat with a couple who I presume were the farmers at the farm I walked through on a public footpath.
Various plants seen along the way today
Unless you are familiar with this one you might find it difficult to gauge the scale
It's pineapple mayweed. The inflorescences are typically about 5 or 6 mm across. If you crush it you get a distinct smell of pineapple. I sometimes wonder what vernacular names it had three or more hundred years ago before pineapples were well known to the general public in England.
Or is it a recently introduced plant? I'd better look it up.
It seems to be a recent introduction from North America. But Wikipedia doesn't say when:
Introduced into the UK during the late 19th century, its rapid spread has been attributed to the growth of motor transport - the seeds being picked up on tyre treads, along with the mud of the then untarmacked roads, and being deposited miles away as rain washed them off.
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/pineappleweed So the name isn't so mysterious. But when did it get the name? Before or after introduction to England? And what was it called in its home range? And what did the name, or more likely many names, mean?
And now some cultivated plants
Lastly some non-plants
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