Sunday 2 July 2017

Wild Flowers for a Sunday

We decided to spend some time looking for Wild Flowers so toddled down to look at the Plants growing beside Norman Road North and the Footpath running beside the Waste Incinerator leading up the Thames Path.

[i] Plants seen beside Norman Road North included:

Common Knapweed
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort
Creeping Thistle viz.


Crown Vetch viz.


Dittander viz.


Goat's-Rue
Hollyhock
Narrow-Leaved Bird's-Foot -Trefoil
Wild Teasel viz.


[ii] Plants seen beside the Footpath included:

Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea viz.



Common Mallow
Common Ragwort
(assumed) Dark Mullein viz.


(assumed) Garden Tree Mallow viz.


Goat's-Rue
Lady's-Bedstraw viz.


Marjoram viz.


Meadow Vetchling viz.


Melilot (Yellow) viz.


Kidney Vetch viz.


Narrow-Leaved Bird's-Foot-Trefoil viz.


Spanish Stonecrop viz.


(an unidentified) St John's-Wort viz.

Yarrow
and Yellow-Wort viz.


Up beside the Thames Path, the Viper's-Bugloss and Wild Basil were still flowering prettily.

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