We are #bythesea on The Lizard, Cornwall so for #wildflowerhour here are Rock Samphire, Rock Sea-Spurrey, Sea Plantain (left) and Golden Samphire (right) #bsbibotany
Small Hare’s Ear, Bupleurum baldense at Berry Head yesterday. Towards the end of flowering 🤨 #wildflowehour #stillflowering ?
Angelica sylvestris #stillflowering for #wildflowehour. Noticed theses ants in the stem sheaths; are there aphids in there?
Some flashy #pollinatorpals for #wildflowerhour Clockwise from top left: Peacock, then Silver-washed Fritillary, on Common Valerian; Rose Chafer on Wild Carrot; High Brown Fritiallry on Bramble this weekend for #pollinators challenge
Another view of garden #lawnflowers in #nomowsummer with Ragged Robin, Ox-eye Daisy, Cat’s-ear, Ribwort Plantain for #wildflowerhour
My garden #lawnflowers in #nomowsummer for #wildflowerhour. Ox-eye Daisy, Corky-fruited Waterdropwort, Cat’s-Ears, Hedge Bedstraw, Knapweed and more. (In the background, Purple Loosestrife)
Early Marsh Orchids, endemic to Southern UK, with Sundew at Crousa this afternoon for #orchidchallenge #wildflowerhour
Southern Marsh Orchids, Creeping Buttercup and Hemlock Water Dropwort putting on a beautiful #wildflowershow for #wildflowerhour this evening
We have been to see some tiny rushes for #tinyplants #wildflowerhour. Dwarf Rush, Juncus capitatus (left) and Juncus pygmaeus (right) in full flower on The Lizard, Cornwall.
#carrotsandpeas on the dunes at Dawlish Warren: Bur Chervil, Anthriscus cacaulis, and Birdsfoot, Ornithopus perpusillus for #wildflowerhour today. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Ancient woodland #carrotsandpeas : Bitter Vetch, Lathyrus linifolius, and Sanicle, Sanicula europaea for #wildflowerhour in beautiful Dartmoor woodland this weekend @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
The lovely Western Clover, Trifolium occidentale, on The Lizard, Cornwall this weekend 😍 #clovers #bsbibotany #bloomscrolling #wildflowers
From left, clockwise, Spearwort x2, Small-flowered Buttercup, Meadow Buttercup, Hairy Buttercup, Bulbous Buttercup (with 6 petals!) for #buttercupchallenge #wildflowerhour
Three Water Crowfoots: Brackish (left), 3-Lobed (middle,bottom right) and Ivy-Leaved (top right) on The Lizard, Cornwall today for #buttercupchallenge #wildflowerhour
Wayfaring Tree and more in South Devon hedgerows for #wildflowerhour #hedgerowchallenge. Names in alt text.
Wild Cabbage, Brassica oleracea at Berry Head today for #CabbageFamily #WildFlowerHour, along with some specialities. Always a lovely trip 🙌 names in alt text
Some lovely ancient woodland indicators for #WoodlandPlants #wildflowerhour this week, in the Bovey Valley, Devon. (Names in alt text)
Spring delights for #wildflowerhour today, on The Lizard, Cornwall. Nothing for #cowslipchallenge round here 😢
Blackthorn growing prostrate and Creeping Willow; being contrary, eyes to the ground for #wildflowerhour #treeflowers. Then, eyes up, an epiphytic Danish Scurvy Grass… Does this count as a tree flower? 🤔 Dandelion towers over the Blackthorn..
Here is Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris, for #storyplants #wildflowerhour today. Traditionally used (as the name suggests) for an apparently random range of ailments, recent research shows that polysaccharides it contains are effective in inhibiting viral infection and replication.
Definite signs of Spring for #wildflowerhour today 🙌 😍 Cherry Plum blossom, Willow flower and Danish Scurvy Grass.
We also spotted this Early Meadow Grass, Poa infirma, in flower today for #wildflowerhour. You can also see Parsley Piert and Mossy Stonecrop (but no flowers there!).
Little white flowers (except Angelica which definitely errs towards pink) for #wildflowerhour today. Common Whitlow Grass decided today was the day in South Devon! 🌞 (Names are in the alt text)
