BSBI - NYPH

Today was the final day of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) New Year Plant Hunt (NYPH).  It runs annually from Dec 29th to Jan 1st inclusive and records the species of wild flowers found in bloom at that time.  It is being used as a way to track changes caused by climate change.

One or more people can search an area for up to a max of 3 hours and submit their findings

I searched a different area on each of the four days and  my blip is one from today.
It is winter heliotrope, Petasites fragrans, aka Petasites pyrenaicus, a relative of butterbur.  This is its normal flowering period.

Over the four days, I had three entries queried by the algorithms that validate the submissions.  I was requested to submit photographs as proof, which I did, as I had photographed every find as I encountered them.

My 'extra' today is one of the three.  Actually, it was a new find for me for any time of the year.  It is an alien species from South Africa and is a ragwort.  It is one of the ragworts with flowers similar to Oxford ragwort but with quite distinctive narrow leaves.
I identified it as narrow leaved ragwort, Senecio inaequidens
According to NatureSpot website:
It is becoming well established in Britain. Stace (1997) described it as naturalised in one site in Kent and accurately predicted that it would soon spread. Although still concentrated in southern England, this plant is now found here and there all over England, north Wales and even in one or two places in Scotland.
And now my Scottish find to add to that.