Joy Greenwood
@cvitalba.bsky.social
Retired Asst Headteacher and Education Consultant. Taught Biology. Worked for Aimhigher and interested in projects helping disadvantaged young people. Lover of plants and Botany. Have led group recording on Severn estuary.
Broad-leaved Helleborine again, (Epipactis helleborine)
August 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Broad-leaved Helleborine again, (Epipactis helleborine)
Small-flowered Geranium, Geranium pusillum. Small, pale pink/violet flowers, shallow notch. This one has petals 2.5mm long. 5 stamens have anthers. Pedicels have short, glandless erect hairs. Sepals hairy. Cotswold Gliding Club car park. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Small-flowered Geranium, Geranium pusillum. Small, pale pink/violet flowers, shallow notch. This one has petals 2.5mm long. 5 stamens have anthers. Pedicels have short, glandless erect hairs. Sepals hairy. Cotswold Gliding Club car park. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Small Scabious at Selsley Common. ( Flowers have 5 petals, stem less hairy than Field Scabious) @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Small Scabious at Selsley Common. ( Flowers have 5 petals, stem less hairy than Field Scabious) @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Autumn hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis). Involucre tapers into stem. Bracts overlap. Underside of some ray florets tinged red. Stem hairless but with scales on stem. Leaves narrow, deeply lobed with sharp points. @bsbi @wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Autumn hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis). Involucre tapers into stem. Bracts overlap. Underside of some ray florets tinged red. Stem hairless but with scales on stem. Leaves narrow, deeply lobed with sharp points. @bsbi @wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Broad-leaved Helleborine in flower today.
August 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Broad-leaved Helleborine in flower today.
Black Knapweed (Centauria nigra, left) has less divided leaves than Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa, right). The latter has more showy flowers. There is a slight difference in the bract covered area below the purple area (C. nigra is slightly more flask shaped, C. scabiosa more globular).
July 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Black Knapweed (Centauria nigra, left) has less divided leaves than Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa, right). The latter has more showy flowers. There is a slight difference in the bract covered area below the purple area (C. nigra is slightly more flask shaped, C. scabiosa more globular).
Hairy St. John's-wort
July 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hairy St. John's-wort
Barren Brome, Bromsgrove sterilis
July 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Barren Brome, Bromsgrove sterilis
Wild Marjoram with nectaring Carder Bee
July 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wild Marjoram with nectaring Carder Bee
An unusual form of Common Knapweed with white flowers.
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
An unusual form of Common Knapweed with white flowers.
Comma butterfly in the garden.
June 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Comma butterfly in the garden.
Wild Marjoram at Daneway Banks Reserve.
June 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wild Marjoram at Daneway Banks Reserve.
Rough Hawkbit close-up and photo bombing my Common Spotted Orchid photograph. In grassland reserve at Daneway Banks.
June 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Rough Hawkbit close-up and photo bombing my Common Spotted Orchid photograph. In grassland reserve at Daneway Banks.
Not sure about this one. Broad-leaved Willowherb? Can anyone help with id please?
June 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Not sure about this one. Broad-leaved Willowherb? Can anyone help with id please?
Northern Marsh Orchid just coming into flower
June 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Northern Marsh Orchid just coming into flower
Scotch Broom in forest of 3 lochs drive in the Trossachs
June 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Scotch Broom in forest of 3 lochs drive in the Trossachs
Flowering Rush in St. Andrews Botanical Garden
June 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Flowering Rush in St. Andrews Botanical Garden
Yellow Rattle at Clattinger Farm Coronation Meadow today.
June 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yellow Rattle at Clattinger Farm Coronation Meadow today.
Quaking Grass and Crested Dog's Tail in the Coronation Meadow at Clattinger Farm today.
June 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Quaking Grass and Crested Dog's Tail in the Coronation Meadow at Clattinger Farm today.
Common Spotted Orchid at Clattinger Farm nature reserve. They are just beginning to flower.
June 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Common Spotted Orchid at Clattinger Farm nature reserve. They are just beginning to flower.
A pale Red Campion or possibly a Hybrid Campion. Growing next to the Cotswold Way. The Americans/Australians on the footpath were eulogising about the wildlife and views.
May 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A pale Red Campion or possibly a Hybrid Campion. Growing next to the Cotswold Way. The Americans/Australians on the footpath were eulogising about the wildlife and views.
Fringecups, Tellima grandiflora. The only species in the Tellima genus. Growing by the Cotswold Way.
May 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Fringecups, Tellima grandiflora. The only species in the Tellima genus. Growing by the Cotswold Way.
Crossword in flower near the Cotswold Way
May 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Crossword in flower near the Cotswold Way
So this was taken at Batsford Arboretum & the info board said Common Spotted orchids were there but now I have looked closer it looks more like Heath Spotted Orchid. Any ideas? @bsbibotany.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So this was taken at Batsford Arboretum & the info board said Common Spotted orchids were there but now I have looked closer it looks more like Heath Spotted Orchid. Any ideas? @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Salix repens, Creeping Willow, covered in fluffy balls of seed hairs. Growing on sand dunes.
May 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Salix repens, Creeping Willow, covered in fluffy balls of seed hairs. Growing on sand dunes.