This introduction from North America flourishes in an unlikely habitat - right in the busiest part of a a seaside resort on the cliffs. There are quite a few healthy looking plants on this site (there are three sites all close together in the same area according to the Atlas). The flower is a few centimetres across and at first looks a bit like a dandelion lurking in the shrubbery. There were very few in flower at this time of year and this one was just behind a bench on which bemused holiday makers sat while various crazy botanists ducked down to take a photo.
Cliffs in centre of Whitby, 11th June
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