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Liza Downie
@lizadownie.bsky.social
Botany, cycling
On the Isle of Bute today I came across Grass of Parnassus. It seems to like the salt air. I love the yellow, nectar producing staminodes. Always a delight
August 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Common century, Centaurium erythraea at Greenhead Moss, Lanarkshire. A member of the gentian family, the flowers close up in the afternoon @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
July 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
There were lots of butterfly orchids at Dams to Darnley country park, just south of Glasgow, today
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June 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Coralroot orchid growing in a very wet woodland near Paisley, Renfrewshire yesterday @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wilflowerhour
June 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It was almost too windy to stand up at the Butt of Lewis lighthouse this week, but the thrift was unperturbed @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
June 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Starry Saxifrage on The Cobbler, Argyll this week @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
May 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Cardamine raphanipholia growing in the woods of Balloch Country Park, Loch Lomond today @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour
May 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Meadow saxifrage, Saxifraga granulata was flowering profusely on the Banffshire coast this week
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April 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Stamens showing well on this beautiful pussy willow, Haddo House, Aberdeenshire today
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April 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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A bit late this week, but some beautiful toothwort growing in Auldhouse Park, Glasgow
April 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM