Black bryony #plant

Black bryony.

Tamus communis, our only native member of the yam family and highly poisonous.

Picture taken September 1.

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Bramble #plant

Bramble.

Rubus fruticosus.

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Devil’s-bit scabious #wildflower

Devil's-bit scabious.

The roots appear truncated. Folklore suggests the devil took a bite out of them, apparently annoyed that the plant was medicinally useful.

Succisa pratensis.

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Hemp Agrimony #wildflower

Hemp Agrimony.

Eupatorium cannabinum.

Picture taken August 6.

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Fleabane #wildflower

Fleabane.

Pulicaria dysenterica with guest.

Picture taken August 6.

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Bird’s-foot-trefoil #wildflower

Birds-foot-trefoil.

Lotus corniculatus.

Picture taken July 17.

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Knapweed #wildflower

Knapweed.

Centaurea nigra.

Picture taken July 17.

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Betony #wildflower

Betony.

Betonica officinalis.

Picture taken July 17.

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Field Rose #wildflower

Field Rose.

Rosa arvensis.

Picture taken June 20.

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Named for the Baptist #wildflower

St John's Wort.

An old belief tells of the glandular dots of St John’s Wort, Hypericum perforatum, oozing blood on the day the saint was executed, writes Stevens.

Picture taken June 20.

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‘We smell the odour of honeysuckle’ #wildflower

Honeysuckle.

Lonicera periclymenum and a line from ‘Cascade’ by Robert Desnos.

Picture taken on June 2.

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Cow Parsley #wildflower

Cow Parsley.

Anthriscus sylvestris, also known as Queen Anne’s lace says the Woodland Trust.

Picture taken May 28.

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