Geum macrophyllum – October 28th 2024 – Large-leaved Avens
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An alien that can be mistaken for the native Wood Avens.
Cordyline australis – October 21st 2024 – Cabbage Palm
The Cabbage Tree is a visitor from New Zealand, often planted but also found in the wild.
Viola arvensis – October 14th 2024 – Field Pansy
This wild pansy was once a troublesome weed of agricultural land; now it has become less common.
Colchicum autumnale – October 7th 2024 – Autumn Crocus
A plant with a double persona, one for spring and another for autumn
Saponaria officinalis – September 30th 2024 – Soapwort
Perhaps monks washed their liturgical garments in its juice.
Erica cinerea – September 23rd 2024 – (Bell-heather, sometimes called Fine-leaved Heath)
Just four species together produce 50% of all nectar in Britain. This is one of the four.
Lycopsis arvensis – September 16th 2024 – (Bugloss)
Once a weed of arable fields, now uncommon and mostly on roadsides, dunes and waste ground.
Erica tetralix – September 9th 2024 – (Cross-leaved Heath)
A familiar Ericaceous species, still in flower at Red Moss near Ballerno near Edinburgh
Leonurus cardiaca – September 2nd 2024 – (Motherwort)
A rare medicinal alien, once more common
Epilobium hirsutum – August 26th 2024 – (Great Willowherb)
A native perennial in Britain, but also native in Africa and the Far East; flowering now.
