Aethusa cynapium – 21st August 2023 – Fool’s Parsley
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This plant is said to be highly toxic but the European Food Safety Authority thinks not.
Odontites vernus – 14th August 2023 – Red Bartsia
A hemi-parasitic species that lives on grass and clover.
Lapsana communis – 7th August 2023 – Nipplewort
Nipplewort is flowering strongly now.
Philadelphus coronarius – 31st July 2023 – Mock Orange
A garden shrub that you may find growing wild
Verbascum thapsus – 17th July 2023 – Great Mullein
One of the most statuesque of our native plants.
Juncus – 10th July 2023 – Four Native Rushes
Four of the species of rush native to Scotland appear similar. Chris Jeffree explains how to distinguish between them in the field
Crassula helmsii – 3rd July 2023 – New Zealand Pigmyweed
This invasive aquatic species from Australia is increasing in Scotland.
Conium maculatum – 26th June 2023 – Hemlock
One of the most deadly of all poisonous plants
Geranium lucidum – 19th June 2023 – Shining Cranesbill
This pretty native plant is considered ‘noxious’ in North America.
Rubus spectabilis – 12th June 2023 – Salmonberry
Roger West has been investigating this alien from North America.
