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An unexpectedly floriferous arable edge in Oxfordshire with plentiful Round-leaved and Sharp-leaved Fluellen (Kickxia spuria & K. elatine), along with Small Toadflax, Scarlet Pimpernel, Field Madder, Treacle-mustard and much else.

Flowering away in the Lake District: Touch-me-not Balsam, Impatiens noli-tangere, #wildflowerhour

A golden clump of Tufted Hair-grass

Tufted Hair-grass, Deschampsia cespitosa, in gold, Oxfordshire, #wildflowerhour

Pink cylindrical inflorescence of Amphibious Bistort.

Looking fresh in a still-damp field - Amphibious Bistort, Persicaria amphibia, Oxfordshire, #wildflowerhour

Spiked water-milfoil thriving in a pond created by Sandwich Bird Observatory #wildflowerhour

The reddish-purple hairy filaments and contrasting yellow petals of Dark Mullein, Verbascum nigrum, on a road verge near Stokenchurch, Bucks, #wildflowerhour

For #WildflowerHour #Deadnettlefamily
The lovely Wild Clary.
Most at this site (in the background) had gone over.
Castle Mills Lock, Beds.

White Bryony, Bryonia dioica, improving a fence in Oxfordshire, #wildflowerhour

A macro image of a purple flower against green grass background.

Round-headed Rampion, the pride of Sussex no less.

#WildflowerHour #SouthDowns

Wild mignonette, Reseda lutea, with its strange-looking seedpods, #wildflowerhour

So it is!

Wood Barley, Hordelymus europaeus, near Bledlow Ridge, Bucks, #wildflowerhour #GrassChallenge

That’s a lovely one, nicely captured!

The few orbicular to transversely elliptic green leaves and small white flowers of Highland saxifrage amongst moss.

Highland Saxifrage, Saxifraga rivularis, above Coire na Ciste, Ben Nevis, Scotland
#WildflowerHour (very!)#TinyPlants

A small Alpine Mouse-ear plant amongst grey lichen covered rocks. The white hairs that cover the shoots are visible as are the white petals of the 1cm diameter flowers

Alpine Mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum, above Coire na Ciste, Ben Nevis, Scotland #WildflowerHour

The round-petalled white flowers of mossy saxifrage flowering amongst short grasses and moss.

Mossy Saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides, Ben Nevis, Scotland #WildflowerHour

Not just good - to die for! Great photos too.

Ooh! They look good (I had to google them as the only one I’m familiar with is Nardus stricta). Perhaps we could swap weather for a while - much too hot for me down here and the drought worsens.

Last week at Watchfield was quite interesting - block paving produced Catapodium rigidum, Trifolium micranthum, Sagina filicaulis and Torilis nodosa. However, it rained non stop from about 11 so we packed up early.
Nothing super rare in other words!
Hope all's well in the far north!

Sorry about delay, Wylie. 3rd week at Abingdon Airfield yielded Verbascum densiflorum, which we don't see that often, but otherwise mostly similar species lists to the first two weeks.
The week after that was cancelled thanks to rain.

I don’t think so. I’ll check my notebook when I can find it - I’m slightly all over the place at the moment!

Nice view of leaves!

Small four-petaled pink moss campion flowers amongst their fine green leaves. Small red fruits are also visible.

Moss Campion near the Falls of Dee, Am Monadh Ruadh, Scotland #PinkFamily #WildflowerHour

I'm jealous!

That's a chunky one!

Tendrils of White Bryony, Bryonia dioica, have latched onto a spider's web, Bucks, #wildflowerhour

Western Clover, Trifolium occidentale, in Cornwall last week, #wildflowerhour

😥

Thanks, Wylie. Not many at all.