Linum usitatissimum – August 4th 2025 – Flax
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This plant served humankind for thousands of years, and may be on the verge of resurgence
Succisa pratensis – July 28th 2025 – Devil’s-bit Scabious
Bitten by the Devil
Valeriana rubra – July 21st 2025 – Red Valerian (previously called Centranthus ruber)
First seen the wild in 1763, now becoming widespread
Ballota nigra – July 14th 2025 – Black Horehound
A smelly plant found on Arthur’s Seat
Osmunda regalis – July 7th 2025 – Royal Fern
“a unique species that represents one of the last intact survivors of a Jurassic ecosystem”
Lysimachia maritima – June 30th 2025 – Sea Milkwort
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. I’m a halophyte.
Crepis capillaris – June 23rd 2025 – Smooth Hawksbeard
Although the species has been somewhat ignored by researchers, it does have two ‘claims to fame’.
Sisymbrium officinale – June 16th 2025 – Hedge Mustard
It has been called ‘the singers’ plant’.
Equisetum spp. – June 9th 2025 – Horsetails
Living fossils, food of dinosaurs and weeds in your garden.
Valeriana pyrenaica – June 2nd 2025 – Pyrenean Valerian
A long-established introduction, doing well in Scotland but rare in England and Wales.
