This is an introduction from North America where it is also known as Tarweed or Tarweed fiddleneck It is appearing more and more often in the UK. It seems to prefer sandy soils and occasionally turns up here on our Cheshire sandstone based soils. This specimen was one of several which had appeared after a field had been allowed to go fallow for a year or so (The UK government pays farmers not to farm for various reasons and the process is called set-aside). It is a very hairy plant and the deep yellow or orange flowers can be quite tall - up to 50 cm.
Set aside field near Scarborough 11th June 2005
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Added on 10th October 2005