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Armillaria cepistipes (I think!) for #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Amanita citrina, False Death-cap for #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ilex aquifolia, Holly for #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Crab Apples! Malus sylvestris for #wildfruithour, sorry #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Sorbus torminalis, Wild Service for #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Geranium dissecting, Cut-leaf Geranium for #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Bidens frondosa, Beggarticks for #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Floating Pennywort for #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Epipactis helleborine, Broad-leaved Helleborine for #wildflowerhour
October 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Heather for #wildflowerhour. You don’t get much in Essex! Tiptree Heath.
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wood Sage for #wildflowerhour. Tiptree, Essex
October 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Common Centaury, small but mighty! Tiptree Heath, Essex. #wildflowerhour
October 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I don’t really do favourites so here is Water Horsetail #wildflowerhour #favouriteplant
September 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Sneezewort, Achillea ptarmica. Not particularly hairy but may help alleviate the sneezes caused by getting too near to hairy plants for #wildflowerhour #hairyplants!
July 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wild Candytuft, Iberis amara on south facing chalk grassland, South Oxfordshire. #wildflowerhour
June 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Dropwort, Filipendula vulgaris almost outnumbering the orchids at Aston Rowant NNR. #wildflowerhour
June 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Small-flowered Sweet-briar, Rosa micrantha, on chalk grassland. Aston Rowant NNR, South Oxfordshire. #wildflowerhour. Not #urbanplants but very close to the M40!
June 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wild Candytuft, Iberia amara. Something of a Chilterns specialist. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire.
June 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Squinancywort (cool name!), Asperula cynanchica a chalk grassland specialist. Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire.
June 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Musk Thistle, Carduus nutans on chalk grassland at Aston Rowant NNR.
June 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Lizard Orchid, Himantoglossum hircinum near the River Colne in Colchester. We managed to save it from the council strimmers.
June 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Honeysuckle (lovely name), Lonicera periclymen adorning the hedges along the Colne near Colchester.
June 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Hemlock water-dropwort, Oenanthe crocata, common along the tidal Colne in Colchester.
June 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris. Its name refers to its traditional use in medicine. For example, it was apparently used for the treatment of diptheria.
June 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fox-and-cubs, Pilosella aurantiaca on an un-mown roadside verge in Colchester. The ‘fox’ is the open flower, surrounded by the ‘cubs’, the unopened flower buds.
June 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM