{"id":24379,"date":"2023-02-08T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=24379"},"modified":"2023-02-13T10:16:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T09:16:18","slug":"sunny-side-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2023\/02\/08\/sunny-side-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunny side up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">Yellow coltsfoot is one of the first wildflowers to emerge in spring <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1567\" height=\"1511\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/384a26c3-71cd-45e7-a328-dfb34fc07733.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-24378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/384a26c3-71cd-45e7-a328-dfb34fc07733.jpg 1567w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/384a26c3-71cd-45e7-a328-dfb34fc07733-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/384a26c3-71cd-45e7-a328-dfb34fc07733-1024x987.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/384a26c3-71cd-45e7-a328-dfb34fc07733-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/01\/384a26c3-71cd-45e7-a328-dfb34fc07733-1536x1481.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1567px) 100vw, 1567px\" \/><figcaption>Coltsfoot is attractive to pollinators, including species of Diptera <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\">MANY NATURALISTS HAVE WONDERED why so many of Britain\u2019s early spring flowers happen to be yellow. The roll call includes lesser celandine, marsh marigold, primrose, cowslip, daffodil (the native variety of which can be seen in Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, south-west Wales and a few other places), dandelions and coltsfoot. The last of these looks superficially like a dandelion, with golden flowerheads made up of many separate strands, or florets, yet is a pretty distinctive wildflower. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">In fact, it has two types of floret \u2013 darker orange ones in the central disc, from which longer yellow ones radiate to form a shaggy wheel. Coltsfoot flowers in March and April, usually at the edges of fields and in rough, stony ground, or even poking through tarmac and paving stones. Its curious stems are pale purple and weirdly fleshy, but oddest of all, there are no leaves until much later in spring. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-byline\"><strong>Ben Hoare <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">PHOTOS: COLTSFOOT: ALEX HYDE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellow coltsfoot is one of the first wildflowers to emerge in spring 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