When a vetch is not a vetch

Posted by on Apr 25, 2014 in 2014, April, Bitter Vetch, Flowers, Spring | 4 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bitter Vetch, provisional identification, April 2014

 

Bitter Vetch, Lathyrus linifolius, judging by the leaves shown in the picture below and with thanks to Mark Goff. (more…)

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Golden guineas

Posted by on Apr 23, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Lesser Celandine, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Lesser Celandine, April 2014

 

A vernacular name for Lesser Celandine. (more…)

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Blue Butcher

Posted by on Apr 22, 2014 in 2014, April, Early Purple Orchid, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

Flowers, Early Purple Orchid, April 2014

 

Early Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula. (more…)

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Natural posy

Posted by on Apr 20, 2014 in 2014, April, Common Dog Violet, Flowers, Primrose, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Primrose, Common Dog-Violet, April 2014

 

Primrose and Common Dog-violet. (more…)

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Coming in for landing

Posted by on Apr 18, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Hover Fly, Insects, Lesser Celandine, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

Flower, insect, Lesser Celandine, provisional idenification, April 2014

 

Nearing touch down. (more…)

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Healer of bones

Posted by on Apr 17, 2014 in 2014, April, Flowers, Greater Stitchwort, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Greater Stichwort, April 2014

 

Greater Stichwort, Stellaria holostea. (more…)

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‘Galligaskins’, ‘St Peter’s Keys’, ‘herb Peter’ …

Posted by on Apr 15, 2014 in 2014, April, Cowslip, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Cowslip, April 2014

 

… ‘Jackanapes on horses’ or Cowslip. (more…)

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Crowtoes

Posted by on Apr 13, 2014 in 2014, April, Bluebell, Flowers, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Bluebells, April 2014

 

Another name for Bluebells, Hyacinthoides non-scripta. (more…)

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‘Anemone, I gather thee for a remedy against all diseases’

Posted by on Apr 6, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, March, Spring, Wood Anemone | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wood Anemone, March 2014

 

The words to speak as the first Wood Anemone of the year is plucked. (more…)

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Ground Ivy

Posted by on Apr 5, 2014 in 2014, Flowers, Ground Ivy, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Ground Ivy, March 2014

 

A flowering Glechoma hederacea. (more…)

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Barren Strawberry

Posted by on Apr 5, 2014 in 2014, Barren Strawberry, Flowers, March, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, Wild Strawberry, March 2014

 

One of several such Potentilla sterilis seen on the north ride. (more…)

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True or false

Posted by on Apr 4, 2014 in 2014, False Oxlip, Flowers, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Flowers, False Oxlip, March 2014

 

This looks like False Oxslip, Primula veris x vulgaris, a hybrid between, for example, a Cowslip and Primrose. (more…)

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