BeccabungaDude
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An enthusiastic botanical beginner in the UK.
Pyramidal orchids, common centaury, field scabious (and ringlet butterflies) at Farnham Gravel Pit for the Harrogate Naturalists' open day yesterday #wildflowerhour.
July 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pyramidal orchids, common centaury, field scabious (and ringlet butterflies) at Farnham Gravel Pit for the Harrogate Naturalists' open day yesterday #wildflowerhour.
Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage has flowers that make no sense (to me!) But still looks amazing. #wildflowerhour
March 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage has flowers that make no sense (to me!) But still looks amazing. #wildflowerhour
Sweet violet in Harrogate #wildflowerhour
March 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sweet violet in Harrogate #wildflowerhour
Yellow star-of-Bethlehem near the River Wharfe. #wildflowerhour
March 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Yellow star-of-Bethlehem near the River Wharfe. #wildflowerhour
Wood anemone in Middleton Woods, Ilkley. #wildflowerhour
March 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Wood anemone in Middleton Woods, Ilkley. #wildflowerhour
A female dog's mercury flower. It's taken me ages to spot one, are they less common than male individuals? #wildflowerhour
March 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A female dog's mercury flower. It's taken me ages to spot one, are they less common than male individuals? #wildflowerhour
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The Botanical Society of Scotland’s species of the week: Ivy-leaved Toadflax
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Plant of the Week – February 24th 2025 – Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
After fertilization the stalks re-align and face the wall, thus poking the precious cargo of seeds into cracks
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February 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Botanical Society of Scotland’s species of the week: Ivy-leaved Toadflax
botsoc.scot/2025/02/23/p...
botsoc.scot/2025/02/23/p...
A gorse (Ulex europaeus) flower. As I understand it, the other two Ulex species found in the UK don't flower at this time of year, and that in U. europaeus the bracteoles (indicated) are ≥2x the width of the pedicel (in other species they are smaller). Let me know if I'm wrong! #wildflowerhour
February 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A gorse (Ulex europaeus) flower. As I understand it, the other two Ulex species found in the UK don't flower at this time of year, and that in U. europaeus the bracteoles (indicated) are ≥2x the width of the pedicel (in other species they are smaller). Let me know if I'm wrong! #wildflowerhour
🔥Coltsfoot🔥 in Leeds #wildflowerhour
February 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🔥Coltsfoot🔥 in Leeds #wildflowerhour
A Cherry Plum blossom caught in the act #wildflowerhour
February 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A Cherry Plum blossom caught in the act #wildflowerhour
Field speedwell and red dead-nettle #WildFlowerHour
February 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Field speedwell and red dead-nettle #WildFlowerHour
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Hurrah! It's #wildflowerhour again! 🌼 My second week participating and have managed to notch up #thewinter10 (better weather this week made finding flowers a little easier). Blown away by the beauty of the tiny blue stripy Speedwell flowers dotted in an inauspicious roadside verge.
December 1, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Hurrah! It's #wildflowerhour again! 🌼 My second week participating and have managed to notch up #thewinter10 (better weather this week made finding flowers a little easier). Blown away by the beauty of the tiny blue stripy Speedwell flowers dotted in an inauspicious roadside verge.
Small-flowered Crane's-bill (Geranium pusillum) with hairy fruits.
November 17, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Small-flowered Crane's-bill (Geranium pusillum) with hairy fruits.