A very late one but I have an excuse as I was moving house. Erucastrum gallicum, Hairy Rocket on Salisbury Plain. A neophyte, it was apparently introduced by German tanks that were allowed to train there after WW2.
Stunning selection!
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Not quite in flower yet & maybe doesn’t count as wild but it’s definitely a tree! London Plane in Salisbury. Never noticed its buds or flowers before. These will be the female flowers.
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Town Hall Clock, Adoxa moschatellina,
has a very unusual five-sided head arrangement of flowers hence one of its common names. It also can change sex, first producing male flowers and later producing female ones.
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Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens). Root produces a red dye, once used to cure leprosy and small pox, leaves make a nice ‘weed soup’ apparently!
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Some of the white stuff from around & about in Salisbury this week.
Sweet Violet, Viola odorata, White Dead-nettle, Lamium album, Common Whitlowgrass, Erophila verna, Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
Coltsfoot, Wood Avens, Black Medick & Sweet Violet Wiltshire this week
Hope it survives 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
That’s extraordinary. How absolutely lovely. Must visit!
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A selection of wildflowers from around Salisbury South Wiltshire this week. Spring is definitely on its way 🌱
Gorgeous!
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Sorry, late as usual, a few from this week around Salisbury. It’s so heartening to see new buds popping up!
Winter heliotrope, Petasites pyrenaicus, Hazel, Corylus avellana, Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis and Common Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis.
It’s the poorest in society who are suffering while the billionaires get richer. Sickening.
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Only a few this week from S Wilts & Hampshire, got distracted by our new kitten and a white tailed eagle at Blashford Lakes.
Common Centaury, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Petty Spurge & Field Forget-me-not. Apologies for late posting.
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Devil’s Fingers, Blackening Waxcap (Witch’s Hat), Parasol & Ink Cap
Milkwort, Cornflower, Shaggy Soldier, Water Forget me not & Chickweed
New Forest and South Wiltshire
Fabulous 🤩
Lovely selection 🤩
#MushroomMonday #Fungi #FungiFriends Huge Fly Agaric, Wrinkled Peach, Death Cap & Green Elf Caps. A fab weekend!
I’d never heard of this one before and it’s not in my books but looking it up on iNaturalist, it’s absolutely spot on. Thank you so much!
Stunning! 🤩
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Yesterday’s finds Earthstar, Boletes & Artist’s Bracket. V excited about the earthstar!
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A bit late I’m sorry! Too many to choose from but a new one for me was Moonwort seen at Aberffraw on Anglesey. Oh and the Early Marsh Orchid var coccinea same location. A very special place 🤩
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social Very lucky to spot an almost gone over Creeping Lady’s Tresses yesterday Cambus O May. A first for me! Thrilling!
#Bloomscrolling - love it!
Thank you! I’m hopeless at butterflies 🦋
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Great to find some Yellow Birds Nests, Hypopitys monotropia Salisbury Plain Beech wood
Lovely photo!
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Red Admiral on buddleia, Common Blue on Knapweed & Honey Bee on Hawkbit (autumn?) and a bonus Yellow Birds Nest from Salisbury Plain Wiltshire. Non-firing day I’m glad to say!
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #harebellchallenge Quite a few at Figsbury Ring near Salisbury Wiltshire, a Neolithic and Iron Age hilltop site that I nearly got blown off this afternoon, hence the limited image!
