Wild Flower help needed

[Martin]

Hi
I live in the UK.
I had a patch of lawn I turned over and sowed a wild flower seed mix on.
On the whole its been quite successful, lots of cornflower and red Clover and a few others. Exactly what it said on the packet
This year in amongst the jungle of other plants this flowered. I think its a lovely yellow flower. The flowers form a spherical shape with a diameter of perhaps 1 to 2 cm across.
Any ideas what it could be?


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[DeborahJane]

Don't know I'm afraid Martin but I do like your idea of a wild flower mix. I haven't seen this here but it may well be. I'll keep an eye out for one as I think it would a great surprise package to await.
I'm sure someone on the forum will be able to help to identify the yellow flower for you. It is an interesting one.

 

[Silver surfer]

Looks like Anthyllis vulneraria..common name kidney vetch.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=A...ChMI1Ji1ueL0xgIVw7QUCh0IUwDP&biw=1536&bih=728

 

[Martin]

Thanks Silver Surfer. That looks like a match, although I thought Cowslip also looked like a possibility, but now I look at the Anthyllis vulneraria, perhaps not...
DeborahJane, Wildflower meadows or in my case a "patch" are great. They change ever year, attract lots of bees and insects and look fantastic if only for a few months. It was mainly for the insect life wildflowers attract that interested me. I never knew the flowers were so attractive.

 

[Silver surfer]

Thanks Silver Surfer. That looks like a match, although I thought Cowslip also looked like a possibility, but now I look at the Anthyllis vulneraria, perhaps not....

It is definitely not cowslip....Primula veris.
That flowers in the spring at the same sort of time as Primroses.
Flower heads are very different.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Primula-veris-blomst.JPG

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=p...ChMIquGpkeb1xgIVzFYUCh0eNQyg&biw=1536&bih=728

Kidney vetch flowers heads are made up of many really tiny flowers...which are flowering now.
They look like mini pea flower.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Fabaceae_-_Anthyllis_vulneraria.JPG

http://www.glaucus.org.uk/KidneyVetch_3383.jpg

 

[IcyBC]

I think you have found the answer for your yellow flower!

I bought a package of wild flower mix from the Dollar Store too some year back, and cornflowers were the only ones that took root in my garden.