Flower of the day

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by leifus

there was supposedly hair's-foot clover around as well but we didn't find any - I'm going to go back and search for that at some point.

Good luck with that one, Leif. I don't know about elsewhere in the UK but Trifolium arvense is supposed to be a rarity in London. Quite pretty too, and distinctly different from the red and white... maybe I'll see it one day!

[leifus]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

Good luck with that one, Leif. I don't know about elsewhere in the UK but Trifolium arvense is supposed to be a rarity in London. Quite pretty too, and distinctly different from the red and white... maybe I'll see it one day!

thanks I'll let you know how I get on

[leifus]

Saturday 8th

Found corn knotgrass, venus's-looking-grass, rough poppy, pepper-saxifrage

Sunday 9th

Was botanising on arable land on sandy soil so found nice things like bugloss, gallant and shaggy soldiers, green and black nightshades, cut-leaved deadnettle, field pennycress, small nettle and round-leaved crane's-bill

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

Good luck with that one, Leif. I don't know about elsewhere in the UK but Trifolium arvense is supposed to be a rarity in London. Quite pretty too, and distinctly different from the red and white... maybe I'll see it one day!

Its common as muck up here on the coast At least theres something Leif hasn't seen Jealous about the Sawwort though

[blacknest]

From my Northumberland trip

best was Grass of Parnassus (which I'd never hear of) on the marsh pastures at Lindisfarne


Also...
Viper's Bugloss Lindisfarne


Bloody Cranesbill Amble


Lousewort Shaftoe Crags (sorry rubbish pic)


Pirri-pirri Burr, an Antipodean Import that clings to everything (better watch it, my Mrs is also an Antipodean Import that...I'll stop there!) grows all over the sand dunes on the North coast of Lindisfarne


Common Valerian (which I spent ages confusedly looking for in the book, thinking it must be a new ,unidentified umbelifer...but it's not an umbelifer at all!)


And this is a lovely carpet of clifftop flowers on the "whinstone" (dolerite) sill which forms the high ground near Lindisfarne Castle: Harebells, common catsear and sea campion

[leifus]

A brilliant day today

found some nice ivy broomrape still in flower, although most of it had gone over already



and I'm a well travelled botanist with plenty of flowers ticked off the list. I've seen burnt orchids, bluebells and round-headed rampion, but I've never seen such a beautiful and funky flower as this one: field cow-wheat one to make us all droooool ahaa

[blacknest]

Bristol on Sunday, along the River Avon between Bristol & Keynsham which is well outside my stamping ground ,so one sees "common" things that are quite unfamiliar

Best was common cow wheat (flowers nearly completely over so no picture).

Also ....

Hemp Agrimony


Navelwort (never seen the flowers)


And a spectacular quantity of Wooly Thistles


Also saw the first fully ripe Jack-in-the-pulpit/Lords-and-ladies/Arum lily with berries so orange they really over-exposed and the photo is just a blob of orange against a rather dark background!

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by leifus

A brilliant day today

found some nice ivy broomrape still in flower, although most of it had gone over already



and I'm a well travelled botanist with plenty of flowers ticked off the list. I've seen burnt orchids, bluebells and round-headed rampion, but I've never seen such a beautiful and funky flower as this one: field cow-wheat one to make us all droooool ahaa

I am disliking you ever so slightly

[leifus]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

I am disliking you ever so slightly

very restrained KT

[leifus]

had a good day on the Island. We went to a nice area of arable land and found thorn-apple and white melilot. On the way back I found lucerne.

I went back to the sand dunes and found hare's-foot clover, sea holly, yellow-horned poppy, large-flowered evening primrose, frosted orache, common orache and grass-leaved orache. On my way back I found lots of autumn squill