British wildflower g.c.survey

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  1. lollipop

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    I'll try again, the manage attachments went strange on me there for a bit.

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    Wood Anemone - Anemone nemorosa - Gloucestershire Woodland by riverbank April

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    (Moving these from other thread).
     
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    List updated as of this last post above. :)

    Thanks to everyone for getting this off the ground - lots more wildflowers to go!

    This must be the only thread on the forum to celebrate the humble Dandelion !! Isn't it good to be different!!! :D
     
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    Another one from the other thread.. These are in a patch on a south facing field bank in Gloucestershire.. This year they are not so advanced but are just appearing now...

    Wild Strawberry - Fragaria vesca


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    Wild Garlic Allium ursinum Found in woodland & under trees & shady moist places.. Gloucetershire April.

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    Cowslips - Primula veris.. Grass verges fields sunny well drained sites.. Gloucestershire April

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    Cowslips - Primula veris.... Violet Viola oderata
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    White Dead Nettle Lamium album.. Found just about anywhere & everywhere & in full flower now April..

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    Red Campion Lychnis dioi'ca.. Found mainly around edges of fields, verges of lanes & roads April Gloucestershire
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    I think Its some species of SPEEDWELL The book lists 17 different ones.:)

    Common Field -Speedwell (Veronica persica... )

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    Woo I think you will find it is the Lesser field Speedwell... Veronica pe'rsica...
     
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    Thank you Marley I will put that in right now:thumb:

    Its In the Book as Common Field -Speedwell:scratch:
    Its a very difficult Subject This Wild Flower Business:dh:and I have had to Log on 273 Times this Week even when I don,t log out:hehe::rotfl:
     
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    Sorry Woo Lesser Speedwell is Veronica filiformis..... getting myself in a muddle...!!!!!:dh:
     
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    Very pretty flower this, just starting to appear on the road verges and fields here:thumb:
     
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      :thmb: They are Aesculus we have 1 field also near here where we get white ones too, but they are not in flower yet, but I am watching for them..:wink:
       
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      Another you must all recognise.. Ivy Leaf Toadflax Linaria cymbalaria.. Single flowers similar to the flowers of a snapdragon, lilac with a yellow pad. Kidney shaped leaves. Once established it sends out long trailing shoots. Habitat Walls, rocks, shingle and stony ground.


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        Greater Stitchwort - Stellaria holostea.. Perennial.. Common in hedgerows throughout Britain.. Gloucestershire.May..

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        Pretty with the Bluebells in the Hawthorn hedgerow..

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        Winter Cress or Yellow rocket - Barbarea vulgaris.. Biennial.. Found in damp places.. 1-2ft tall. Member of the Cruciferae (Wallflower)family..

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        Sorry not very clear will get another. My batteries ran out..!!!:dh:
         
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          Brilliant and beautiful photos Marley Farley !!!

          Here is my first flag iris sighting of this year.

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