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Camilla Lauren-Maatta

@camillalm.bsky.social

Biologist/ecologist in Durham UK, with an interest in botany and science education. Originally from Finland. Trail runner.

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White petals, reflexed sepals

White petals, reflexed sepals

Spring is here! Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera just coming into flower at Teesside #wildflowerhour

22.02.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Greater Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis (dark red with oval flowerhead)

Greater Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis (dark red with oval flowerhead)

Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis (purple with round flowerhead)

Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis (purple with round flowerhead)

Lovely flowerheads of Greater Burnet and Devil's-bit Scabious in Northumberland for #wildflowerhour

24.08.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Small white flowers and globular fruits, basal rosette of leaves and alternating stem leaves.

Small white flowers and globular fruits, basal rosette of leaves and alternating stem leaves.

Brookweed Samolus valerandi, a semi-aquatic plant with globose fruits, growing next to the steps leading down to the beach at Durham coast #wildflowerhour

17.08.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Light-blue Sheeps-bit flowerhead, Jasione montana

Light-blue Sheeps-bit flowerhead, Jasione montana

Pink Common Centaury Centauria erythraea

Pink Common Centaury Centauria erythraea

Seaholly Eryngium maritimum is spiky and thistle-like

Seaholly Eryngium maritimum is spiky and thistle-like

Hare's-foot Clover with softly hairy oval flowerheads

Hare's-foot Clover with softly hairy oval flowerheads

Norfolk dunes #ByTheSea covered by Sheep's-bit, Common Centaury, Seaholly and Hare's-foot Clover #WildflowerHour

03.08.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A copper-coloured reptile (Slow Worm) with a recently detached tail.

A copper-coloured reptile (Slow Worm) with a recently detached tail.

This Slow Worm (found near Loch Lomond) had just lost its tail (autotomy), probably trying to escape from a predator. The tail was still wriggling #UKwildlife #reptiles

28.07.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Blue-violet Skullcap: two-lipped softly hairy flowers with hooded upper lip and  shallowly four-lobed lower lip and opposite lanceolate leaves.

Blue-violet Skullcap: two-lipped softly hairy flowers with hooded upper lip and shallowly four-lobed lower lip and opposite lanceolate leaves.

A Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata captured by Loch Lomond along the West Highland Way route #wildflowerhour #DeadnettleFamily

27.07.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, yes it's not just the rare ones that are beautiful😊

20.07.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harebells with mountains and a West Highland Way signpost in the background.

Harebells with mountains and a West Highland Way signpost in the background.

Close up of a Harebell flowerhead

Close up of a Harebell flowerhead

Just finished walking the West Highland Way with @artom.bsky.social. Here are some 'Scottish Bluebells' for the #HarebellChallenge #Wildflowerhour

20.07.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Yellow flowers, unbranched tendril and pinnate leaves

Yellow flowers, unbranched tendril and pinnate leaves

Meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis for #wildflowerhour #PeaFamily

08.06.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amongst all the wonderful wildlife recorded during our bioblitz at Kilnsey Park Estate over the weekend, we were lucky enough to see the stunning Lady's Slipper Orchid in flower on Kilnsey Flushes. What a beauty! #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge

02.06.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, opening up from bud

Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, opening up from bud

Common Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium

Common Rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium

Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor

Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor

Burnet Rose Rosa pimpinellifolia

Burnet Rose Rosa pimpinellifolia

A slightly sad looking Common Spotted Orchid (due to the drought) on limestone grassland with Common Rock-rose, Salad Burnet, and Burnet Rose #wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge

01.06.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Magnesian limestone grassland with two yellow vetches, Hippocrepis comosa and Anthyllis vulneraria, and blue milkwort Polygala vulgaris.

Magnesian limestone grassland with two yellow vetches, Hippocrepis comosa and Anthyllis vulneraria, and blue milkwort Polygala vulgaris.

#WildFlowerShow of Kidney and Horseshoe Vetch and Common Milkwort by Durham Coast for #wildflowerhour

25.05.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting, but depressing, based on the abstract!

22.05.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bright blue Spring Gentian, Gentiana verna

Bright blue Spring Gentian, Gentiana verna

Pink Birds-eye Primrose Primula farinosa

Pink Birds-eye Primrose Primula farinosa

White form of Bird's-eye Primrose Primula farinosa

White form of Bird's-eye Primrose Primula farinosa

Teesdale Violet Viola rupestris with scoop shaped leaves and short hairs on the leaf stalk

Teesdale Violet Viola rupestris with scoop shaped leaves and short hairs on the leaf stalk

Spring Gentian, pink and white Birds-eye Primrose and Teesdale Violet from our walk in Teesdale last Sunday, belatedly for #wildflowerhour

13.05.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A small white Cloudberry flower Rubus chamaemorus

A small white Cloudberry flower Rubus chamaemorus

The palmate solitary leaf of a Cloudberry plant

The palmate solitary leaf of a Cloudberry plant

Worryingly dry on the blanket bog in Yorkshire Dales, but I spotted a few Cloudberry plants in flower on my run last weekend #wildflowerhour

13.05.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain everlasting. A beautiful little bouquet. #wildflowerhour

04.05.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
White flowers and green leaves of Wild Garlick agsinst black background.

White flowers and green leaves of Wild Garlick agsinst black background.

Wild Garlic, Allium ursinum, at Bishop Auckland Castle today #WildflowerHour

04.05.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tussocky Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with inflated leafsheaths and a single spike growing on blanket bog in North York Moors #HighUpPlants #wildflowerhour

04.05.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Light green Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

Light green Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium

Mats of moisture-loving #tinyplants Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage in deciduous woodland by Tunstall reservoir, County Durham for #wildflowerhour

20.04.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A small patch of dark green basal leaves and small yellow primrose-like flowers on top of tall stems. The plants are growing on the woodland floor with trees in the background of the picture.

A small patch of dark green basal leaves and small yellow primrose-like flowers on top of tall stems. The plants are growing on the woodland floor with trees in the background of the picture.

A patch of pale yellow primrose flowers on a woodland bank that's recently been subject to tree felling, letting more light in and encouraging growth of plants on the woodland floor.

A patch of pale yellow primrose flowers on a woodland bank that's recently been subject to tree felling, letting more light in and encouraging growth of plants on the woodland floor.

False Oxlip (Primula veris x vulgaris), a hybrid of cowslip and primrose (left) and Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) in our local, ancient woodland for #WildflowerHour #WoodlandPlants

06.04.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Could be Ground-ivy?

06.04.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Greater Stitchwort Rabelera (Stellaria) holostea

Greater Stitchwort Rabelera (Stellaria) holostea

English Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta

English Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Greater Stitchwort and a few English Bluebells just coming into flower, North Yorkshire #woodlandplants #wildflowerhour

06.04.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the outskirts of Durham City

05.01.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Yellow Winter Aconite (Buttercup family)

Yellow Winter Aconite (Buttercup family)

Naturalised Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis in flower on the 30th December #wildflowerhour

05.01.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Etusivu - Luontoon luontoon.fi


TÀnÀÀn julkaistu uusi Luontoon.fi kokoaa jatkossa kaikki Suomen ulkoilukohteet ja reitit samaan paikkaan. Retkeilyreittien lisÀksi palvelussa on reittejÀ mm. pyârÀilyyn, melontaan ja hiihtÀmiseen. Mukana ovat valtion, kuntien ja yhdistysten yllÀpitÀmÀt retkeilypalvelut.

10.12.2024 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hello everyone! just finding my feet with how this all works! Give me a repost to help find friends from other platforms! ☺️

15.11.2024 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata, flowers closed due to low light levels

Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata, flowers closed due to low light levels

Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris with golden brown flower heads

Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris with golden brown flower heads

Yellow-wort and Carline Thistle still in flower on Magnesian Limestone grassland, County Durham #wildflowerhour

27.10.2024 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Common Stork's-bill with white petals and pale yellow stigma

Common Stork's-bill with white petals and pale yellow stigma

A white-flowered Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium growing on coastal dunes #wildflowerhour

13.10.2024 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium, Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum and Wild Carrot Daucus carrota #seedheads #wildflowerhour

22.09.2024 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pulicaria dysenterica with dark yellow disc florets and lighter yellow ray florets

Pulicaria dysenterica with dark yellow disc florets and lighter yellow ray florets

Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa with long outer ray florets

Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa with long outer ray florets

Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis with glandular hair on the involucral bracts

Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis with glandular hair on the involucral bracts

Common Fleabane, Greater Knapweed and Perennial Sow-thistle brightening up the day at Durham coast #DaisyFamily #Wildflowerhour

25.08.2024 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0