Monday, 7 August 2017

We look for Wild Flowers as we Walk Home

We decided to Walk Home after visiting the Doctors and look for Wild Flowers. That being said, we see Wild Flowers while others, the majority we imagine, see Weeds!

Our Route took us down a Main Road (with a very minor detour) which runs through four Monads. The Plants are growing on Grass Verges, Pavements, Roadside' Gutters, a short stretch running alongside a local Wood (where we noticed flowering Black Horehound and Greater Celandine) &c., almost all under constant threat of Council' Mowing, Strimming, Street Cleaning and/or being Weeded-Out.

Plants seen included (there are always quite a few we are unable to identify):

Annual Mercury
Black Horehound viz.


Bramble
Broad-Leaved Everlasting-Pea
Black Medick
Black Nightshade
Buck's-Horn Plantain viz.


Buddleia
(assumed) Canadian Fleabane
Common Bird's-Foot-Trefoil
Common Chickweed
Common Field-Speedwell viz.


Common Mallow viz.


Common Nettle
Common Stork's-Bill
Daisy
Dandelion viz.


Dove's-Foot Crane's-Bill
Dwarf Mallow viz.


Field Madder
Garlic Mustard
Great Willowherb
Greater Celandine
Greater Plantain
Green Alkanet
Groundsel
Ivy-Leaved Speedwell viz.


(assumed) Knotgrass viz.


Mexican Fleabane viz.


Nipplewort
Oxford Ragwort
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Pineappleweed viz.


Petty Spurge
Prickly Lettuce viz.


Purple-Leaved Procumbent Yellow-Sorrel 
Redshank viz.


Red Dead-Nettle viz.


Red Valerian
Ribwort Plantain
Round-Leaved Cranes's-Bill
Scarlet Pimpernel viz.


Shepherd's-Purse viz.


Spotted Medick
Sun Spurge
(assumed) Sweet Alyssum (assumed self-seeded on Pavements and in Road' Gutters) viz.


Wall Barley
White Clover
White Dead-Nettle
Yarrow viz.


We also noticed some chunky Funguses viz.



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