19 June 2021

Lots of new yellow flowers on the course at the moment.  Many of these are compositae - i.e. in the daisy family and add to the rather bewildering array of dandelion lookalikes on the courses.  

In front of the 4th Green Blue is Rough Hawkbit with a rather untidy array of petals and hairy stalk.

Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus [4th Green]

Better presented and less hirsute is Lesser Hawkbit which grows on the Doghouse range and on the Green course.

Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatillis [Doghouse Range]

Taller with smaller flowers is Nipplewort.  This one growing between the 2nd and 9th on the Blue.

Nipplewort Lapsana communis [2nd Blue]

Fairly common in the rough on all of the courses is Smooth Hawksbeard with branched stems and small flower heads that contract onto a slender stem.

Smooth Hawksbeard Crepis capillaris [Doghouse range]

Somewhat larger, with spreading outer bracts, Beaked Hawksbeard is also quite common on the courses.

Beaked Hawksbeard Crepis visicaria [11th Blue]

Prickly Sowthistle has lots of spines on its leaves.  This one was by the 15th tee on the Blue.

Prickly Sowthistle Sonchus asper [15th Blue]

Rather less prickly is Smooth Sowthistle.

Smooth Sowthistle Sonchus oleraceus [3rd Blue]

Common Groundsel is abundant all over the estate, on almost any waste area.  Heath Groundsel is a little more discerning.  I found a patch of this on top of one of the bunkers on the 9th Green.

Heath Groundsel Senecio sylvaticus [9th Green]

Common Cudweed is a plant that mostly grows in East Anglia and is on Oxfordshire's rare plants register.  Like several of Frilford's rare plants it is common on the estate and grows quite prolifically on various parts of all three courses - look out for its silvery leaves and small, odd-looking flower heads.

Common Cudweed Filago vulgaris [Doghouse range]