Wild Flowers you have seen while out walking....!

Yarrow and a Cornflower Council estate, Taunton.

 

Garlic Mustard.

 

I really like this stuff.

 

Me too Nice in a salad

 

Field Buttercups...many:



Any idea on this one?

 

That's Ivy-Leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) usually seen growing in old stone walls it's got a fascinating self propagation method it's flowers seek out the light when growing and then once fertilised they do the complete opposite and burrow the newly fertilised seed pod into a nearby dark crevice to germinate

 

Those seed pods are very tasty, lightly cooked and mixed with other veg. Or pickled.....

 

Orsetails

 

Can't bring myself to press the like button Zigs,
bl**dy things..

 

You been in my garden

 

I think they're really impressive

 

I've got a whole bedful you can have - you just need to come and dig them out and they're yours

 

They impressed the Dinosaurs millions of years ago but unfortunately they never ate them all.

 

They ate all the big ones, must have been impressive to see forests of them in the Carboniferous period.

Might be time to dust of the GC time travelling helicopter again

 

Ground Ivy and Silverweed

Silverweed has nodules on the roots that can be cooked and eaten. Tastes a bit like potato