Wild flowers

[Lankyman]

Not very good at Orchid ID.. feel free to ID!
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Could they both be Southern Marsh Orchids? From what (very) little I know there's a lot of variety in the colours of even the same species of orchids. If you throw in hybridised variants as well then it gets more difficult again.

 

[alanw]

Bog cotton (Eriophorum angustifolium) above Gaping Gill (and the tents of the BPC)

 

[Mr Mike]

Rivington, fox gloves

 

[bagpuss]

A few from around Burrington Combe, Mendip today.

Not sure about this one, thinking the flower might be vetch and leaf from another plant.

Some heather on a sheltered spot on the cliffs

Oxeye daisies in Millar's quarry

If you look very closely you can see a Herb Robert flower to the left of the green plant, Millar's quarry cave.

Wood Sanicle

Possibly Milkwort

Biting stonecrop amongst the limestone

Dog Rose and Mendip views

Orchid just off from the roadside of the Combe.

 

[Lankyman]

A few from around Burrington Combe, Mendip today.

Not sure about this one, thinking the flower might be vetch and leaf from another plant.
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Those leaves might be salad burnet?

All about Herbs: Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)

The background & mythology to Salad Burnet Salad Burnet, also known as Drumsticks, Old man's pepper and Poor man's pepper, is native of Europe and Asia and is from the family Rosaceae. It was taken to New England in the Pilgrim Father's plant collection and was called Pimpernel. Salad Burnet is...

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[bagpuss]

All about Herbs: Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)

The background & mythology to Salad Burnet Salad Burnet, also known as Drumsticks, Old man's pepper and Poor man's pepper, is native of Europe and Asia and is from the family Rosaceae. It was taken to New England in the Pilgrim Father's plant collection and was called Pimpernel. Salad Burnet is...

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That was our best guess too, thanks

 

[BigSoph]

A wild orchid by Dowkabottom Cave, just near Kilnsey Crag

 

[Lankyman]

It's actually summer now (cue return to heavy rain and cooler temperatures). Lots of cow parsley beside the swollen River Conder flowing towards the Lune.

 

[tony from suffolk]

They're not in flower yet, but there are some impressive clumps of hemlock water dropwort in this stream feeding into Derwentwater. Probably enough in this one to wipe out the population of a small town…

 

[pwhole]

Sounds lovely. According to Wikipedia:

It was purportedly used for the ritual killing of elderly people and criminals in Nuragic Sardinia. The subjects were intoxicated with the herb and then dropped from a high rock or beaten to death.

 

[pwhole]

Beach Aster. A Californian in Rotherham

 

[bagpuss]

That was our best guess too, thanks

Think I saw some more (Salad Burnett)on Cheddar gorge this evening, took a look outside the entrance to Spider Hole whilst waiting for the others to de-rig.

 

[Lankyman]

In the cloud forests of north Lancashire the very heavy rain has battered the flowers off the rhododendrons.

 

[Mr Dinwiddy]

Work took me north of the border this week. This is Moss Campion. It does grow in England but the better cushions are in Scotland. The little fringe of grey plants across the top of the green cushion are purple saxifrage which has now finished flowering for the year.

 

[kay]

Google lens suggests the white flowered one is watercress, I've not seen it in the wild before so not sure!

Yes, agree Watercress

I always thought Dog Rose didn’t have a scent, but googling suggests I’m wrong

 

[kay]

A few from around Burrington Combe, Mendip today.

Not sure about this one, thinking the flower might be vetch and leaf from another plant

I agree with Lankyman this looks like one of the Burnets, probably Salad Burnet. The only other conceivable thing would be Burnet Saxifrage. The flower doesn’t look quite right for vetch - I wonder whether it’s Milkwort again.

Possibly Milkwort
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Yes, Milkwort

 

[kay]

It's actually summer now (cue return to heavy rain and cooler temperatures). Lots of cow parsley beside the swollen River Conder flowing towards the Lune.
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Is that Cow Parsley and not one of the streamside-living umbellifers? Has anyone else come across the name “Mother die” for Cow Parsley?

 

[pwhole]

 

[Lankyman]

Is that Cow Parsley and not one of the streamside-living umbellifers? Has anyone else come across the name “Mother die” for Cow Parsley?

Hogweed (not the giant sort)? I just checked online and it's also known as cow parsnip.

 

[bagpuss]

Hogweed (not the giant sort)? I just checked online and it's also known as cow parsnip.

The flowers and shape don't look quite right for Hogweed, possibly Hemlock?