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Concrete Botany
@concretebotany.bsky.social
Urban and Disadvantaged Botany.

All photos by myself unless otherwise noted.
Based in South Philadelphia.
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Only here for the plants, nothing else.
Bloomscrolling > Doomscrolling
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When you find a good find, make damn sure you get good pictures.
Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) shot last Monday.
#Bloomscrolling #Blumen #Flowers #Wildflowers
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Sulfur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) growing out of a Whitman sidewalk, shot last Monday.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Pavementplants
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Moss Rose Purslane (Portulaca grandiflora) shot in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #MossRose
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) shot growing out of the cracks of some steps in West Philly a few years back.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Flowersky #Feverfew
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) shot on October 26th in the Food Distribution District.
#Bloomscrolling #Blumen #Flores #Flowers #Wildflowers
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sunflower (Helianthius annuus) shot on the 26th of last month.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Flowers #Sunflowers
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Venus' Looking-Glass (Triodanis perfoliata) shot in the East Oregon neighborhood on 6/15/20.
#UrbanWildflowers
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I saw this Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) popping up in this same spot off 9th St. below the Italian Market, 3 years in a row. This shot was taken in 2020, which was the last year I saw it there.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Spiderflower shot in East Oregon in July of 2020.
#Pavementplants
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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There are a lot of sources online that say Shetland is home to the endemic species Edmondston's Chickweed.

This is not the case - instead the island of Unst is the only global site for Cerastium nigrescens var. nigrescens, an endemic *variety* of the Artic Mouse-ear.
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) shot about 6 years ago in Whitman.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Pansies (Viola x wittrockiana) growing in a Pennsport street, shot circa 2017.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #StreetFlowers #Pavementplants
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Common Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) shot around 2020.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Jasmine Tobacco (Nicotiana alata) shot in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hairy Rupturewort (Herniaria hirsuta) shot on the sidewalk of Vare in 2020.
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Different responses of #Ferns to the change of season.
Black Spleenwort, Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, under the weather.
Rustyback, Asplenium ceterach, looking perky.
Growing on walls in #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk. #FernFriday
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) shot in 2018 in the Fitler Square neighborhood.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #ConcreteBotany
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Crackweed Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) shot in Southwest Philly in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #UrbanWildflowers
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Sidewalk #Pansies (Viola x wittrockiana) shot in 2019.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #SidewalkFlowers
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Two Ladybugs on some Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) grown out of the medians of Columbus, shot in June of 2020.
#Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Ladybugs
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Probably my favorite Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) shot, taken on January 6, 2020.
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A Stork's Bill (Erodium cicutarium) rosette, shot on January 11, 2020.
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of 3 outbreaks of pavementplant Wishbone Flower (Torenia fournieri) I found back in 2017. Besides the 3 sightings that year, I've not seen the species as an escapee before or since.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #SidewalkFlowers #GardenEscapees
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sidewalk #Pansies (Viola x wittrockiana) shot in the Gayborhood in 2018.
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #SidewalkFlowers
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM