Wild flowers

[bagpuss]

Around Compton Martin, Mendip, today

Compton Combe shelter

Couldn't resist a photo of the sea of wild garlic in the valley

Bush vetch (I think)

Yellow archangel

Had to look this one up, I think it's pignut

A tree flower (horsechestnut) couldn't resist including this image because of the cool spider. Internet search suggests its a crab spider, possibly a flower crab..

 

[bagpuss]

Yellow Pimpernel, another new one for me. Also Compton Martin.

 

[Lankyman]

Around Compton Martin, Mendip, today

Compton Combe shelter
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Couldn't resist a photo of the sea of wild garlic in the valley
View attachment 26100Bush vetch (I think)
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Yellow archangel
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Had to look this one up, I think it's pignut
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A tree flower (horsechestnut) couldn't resist including this image because of the cool spider. Internet search suggests its a crab spider, possibly a flower crab..
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Fantastic spider - I don't think I've ever seen a white one.

 

[bagpuss]

Fantastic spider - I don't think I've ever seen a white one.

Apparently they don't spin webs, but can camouflage themselves by changing colour.

 

[Lankyman]

Apparently they don't spin webs, but can camouflage themselves by changing colour.

It looks like they're a southern species in Britain which could explain why I haven't seen one.

https://britishspiders.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-04/Flowercrab%20WEBSITE.pdf

 

[Cantclimbtom]

OK.. Not a wildflower so maybe I'll be banned from the thread but Rhodos are so good at this time of year

 

[bagpuss]

Marsh Marigold by the stream, St Cuthberts cave

Wood Sorrell in flower -Stockhill woods, Mendip

 

[Lankyman]

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Outhwaite Woods this morning with Pegasus and Badlad. Never seen so many bluebells!

This inspired us to take a walk round Roeburndale (and the concessionary paths in Outhwaite Wood) today while the sun was out and before the bluebells and garlic fade. It's a bit higher up than where I live so still in peak condition.

Wild garlic and bluebells together

I picked a few garlic leaves for my sandwich. In pastureland above the woodland there are lousewort which I think are a nice looking flower with a lousy name.

Elsewhere in a damp, wooded gill by a waterfall were the first wood sorrel I've seen this year. The leaves are edible with a kind of sour apple taste - one of the locals is having a go.

If you've got bluebell woods nearby go soon as they'll be gone shortly (unless you're in Scotland).

 

[Badlad]

Not native, but on our walk today. We are on holiday though anyone?

 

[kay]

Bush vetch (I think)
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looks too pink for Bush Vetch, which has dull purple flowers which fit nicely its scientific name Vicia sepium. But that might be my screen. If not Bush, try Common.

Horse chestnut flowers are stunners, aren’t they?

 

[langcliffe]

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Not native, but on our walk today. We are on holiday though anyone?

I suspect that you may be sunning yourself in Tenerife!

 

[Lankyman]

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Not native, but on our walk today. We are on holiday though anyone?

Triffid?

 

[kay]

I've walked through many limestone woods on the edge of Morecambe Bay and never knowingly seen this.

It likes to hide itself in beds of Dogs Mercury - leaves are the same colour green. It’s around in various places on Ingleborough, incluing the walk up to Gaping Gill

 

[georgenorth]

Today’s colours in Littondale were Purple and yellow..

 

[Mr Dinwiddy]

looks too pink for Bush Vetch, which has dull purple flowers which fit nicely its scientific name Vicia sepium. But that might be my screen. If not Bush, try Common.

Horse chestnut flowers are stunners, aren’t they?

My call is with bush vetch. It has 4 or 5 flowers. Common vetch is really variable but only has 1 or 2 flowers per stem.
Never mind the identification though - if you zoom in you can see some yellow meadow ants and what looks like a metallic green spider having a mexican stand off. Fantastic photo Bagpus.

 

[Mr Dinwiddy]

Its an Echium I think. Are you on the slopes of Mt Teide?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_wildpretii

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Not native, but on our walk today. We are on holiday though anyone?

 

[Lankyman]

Today’s colours in Littondale were Purple and yellow..
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Looks like you were above Dowkabottom at one point.

 

[georgenorth]

Looks like you were above Dowkabottom at one point.

Yes, it’s the moor above Dowkabottom - some fantastic limestone scenery and an abundance of wildflowers at the moment as well.

 

[Badlad]

Its an Echium I think. Are you on the slopes of Mt Teide?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_wildpretii

Absolutely spot on. Who needs Google maps when you can be located by wild flowers Also known as Bugloss. I'll find another photo that shows the full plant.

 

[Badlad]