24th April 2009 (Friday)
There'd be a change of scenery and county for the next few days, since I was heading off to south Hampshire in the hope of collecting some local rarities hard or impossible to get in the Bristol area
First, though, I squeezed in a quick tour of one of my usual urban haunts, and managed to pick up two new species
Rock Cranesbill (
Geranium macrorrhizum) was, appropriately enough, growing out of a crack in a street-side garden wall; a very pretty plant and an escape I'd hoped to come across at some point this season. And, in a neglected corner of St Werburgh's Churchyard, was a fine specimen of
Violet Wallflower,
Erysimum linifolium - apparently it's only established UK site is an abbey on the Isle of Man, so this one was a definite bonus
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Rock Cranesbill, Geranium macrorrhizum)
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Violet Wallflower, Erysimum linifolium)