Nipplewort #wildflowers

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Flowers, unidentified, June 2017

Lapsana communis. (more…)

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Black Bryony #plants

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Flowers, Black Bryony, June 2017

 

Tamus communis. (more…)

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Field Rose #wildflowers

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Flowers, Field Rose, June 2017

 

Rosa arvensis. (more…)

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Herb Bennet aka Wood Avens #wildflowers

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Flowers, Herb Bennet, June 2017

 

Geum urbanum. (more…)

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Greater Butterfly Orchid #wildflowers

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Flowers, Greater Butterfly Orchid, June 2017

 

Platanthera chlorantha – a single plant seen on a different ride to previous years. (more…)

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Common Nettle #plants

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Plants, Common Nettle, June 2017

 

Urtica dioica. (more…)

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Who’s the Daddy? #plants

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Plants, Greater Burdock, June 2017

 

The main leaf on this Greater Burdock was approx 68cm long and 43cm wide. (more…)

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Ragged Robin #wildflowers

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Flowers, Ragged Robin, June 2017

 

A first June – and Summer – visit and the first Lychnis flos-cuculi are appearing on the rides. (more…)

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Common Spotted Orchid #wildflowers

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Flowers, Common Spotted Orchid, May 2017

 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii. (more…)

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Bush Vetch #wildflowers

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Flowers, Bush Vetch, provisional identification, May 2017

 

Vicia sepium, provisional identification. (more…)

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Wedding Cakes and Daddy’s-shirt-buttons #wildflowers

Posted by on May 24, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, Greater Stitchwort, May, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Greater Stitchwort, May 2017

 

Just two of the names for Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea. (more…)

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From the Anglo-Saxon for ‘rank’ #wildflowers

Posted by on May 22, 2017 in 2017, Flowers, May, Ramsons, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ramsons, May 2017

 

The common name for Ramsons comes from the word ‘hramsa,‘ says Stevens. (more…)

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