A probable Taraxacum oxoniense from Rock Dunes, the only Section Erythrosperma species found, though perhaps it's still to early for some species to flower.
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A probable Taraxacum oxoniense from Rock Dunes, the only Section Erythrosperma species found, though perhaps it's still to early for some species to flower.
Taraxacum hamatum from Rock Dunes today. The dominant species here. Awaiting referee confirmation.
Plenty of Blackthorn starting to flower, Rock Dunes, Cornwall today.
Prunus spinosa
Common Whitlowgrass in its natural habitat rather than as a pavement plant, on Rock Dunes Cornwall today.
Erophila verna
Little Mouse-ear also from Rock Dunes Cornwall today. Some tips on separating it from Sea Mouse-ear included with the photos.
Cerastium semidecandrum
Some better photos (than previously posted) of Sea Mouse-ear from Rock Dunes Cornwall today before the rain came.
Cerastium diffusum
They're all left for the bees.
Arum italicum subsp neglectum under Blackthorn at Gear Sands Perranporth today. Sometimes called the Scarce Lord and Ladies or Late Cuckoo Pint.
One of many Small Nettles today from an arable field edge, some with flowers in their axils. Near Perranporth for #wildflowerhour
Urtica urens
The Daffodil field where it was found was on very sandy ground, so habitat was good for it too
Of interest is that neither species had been recorded here before
Thanks, saves me trolling through Stace to work it out
Sweet Violet on a road verge, surprisingly a new monad record. But then this monad has plants like Mountain Everlasting and Autumn Ladies Tresses, so few visit in early Spring. Gear Sands Perranporth for #wildflowerhour
Viola odorata var. odorata
I haven't tried to key this Dandelion out yet, but it will give me something to do later. Gear Sands Perranporth for #wildflowerhour
Hybrid Campion near Gear Sands Perranporth for #wildflowerhour
Silene x hampeana
Some disappointing photos of Early Forget-me-not near Gear Sands Perranporth for #wildflowerhour
Myosotis ramosissima
Bugloss flowering on the edge of a sandy arable crop today near Gear Sands Perranporth for #wildflowerhour
Lycopsis arvensis
A not very good photo of Little Mouse-ear with its white/clear scarious bracts below the flower clearly visible (that's a first). In my defence, it was windy and drizzly and the flowers are about 2mm wide. Gear Sands Perranporth today for #wildflowerhour
Cerastium semidecandrum
I thought that, but the hairs looked wrong and it was a very procumbent plant. I'll have another look.
Ah thanks, that was my first thought, but somehow I talked myself out of it
Yellow Fieldcaps (I think) on a sandy road verge near Perranporth today.
Huge mats of (not yet flowering) Knotted Hedge Parsley in a harvested Daffodil field today near Perranporth.
Torilis nodosa
This not flowering flooded Dandelion looks like a dead cert for T. chlorofrugale which I've found twice before in similar habitats in Cornwall. What does @bramblebotanist.bsky.social think?
Some vegetative IDs today at Gear Sands near Perranporth. Henbit Dead-Nettle, A probably Geranium pusillum (tell me if I'm wrong), Salad Burnet and Celery-leaved Buttercup
Danish Scurvygrass at Fowey today with the Bodinnick Ferry in the background.
Cochlearia danica
Sea mouse-ear on the sea wall by the Bodinnick Ferry, Fowey today. A new monad record.
Cerastium diffusum
A patch of Sea Storksbill by the cafe at Hannafore, Looe today, not recorded in this area since 1992, so nice to refind it.
Erodium maritimum
Veronica hederifolia (called Ivy-leaved Speedwell in the UK)
Well done compiling it, though I suspect more species are discovered every year. I've had to learn a whole new urban flora when I moved to Cornwall.
It seems a shame we can't add a photo to a spreadsheet entry, though I don't know how that would work. An example would be Stellaria neglecta with its two subspecies (common near where I live).