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It’s yellow, so what is it?

King Cup

It’s yellow, so what is it?

What’s happening on our reserves right now By Jackie Robinson   On all of our reserves and at home there seem to be a lot of yellow flowers. It always puzzles me what they are; they mostly look like dandelion or buttercup flowers but are often taller so I thought I’d try and remember a … Read more

Tags Colt's foot, Common Fleabane, Goat's beard, King Cup, Ragwort, St John's-wort, Swaddywell Pit, Yellow Rattle, Yellow-wort

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