I have been out a lot yesterday and today. Here are a whole ton of things of interest.
Above we have Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris. It is a common plant along streams and brooks, as it enjoys wet soils. Bees also enjoys the very round umbrella-like flowers, hence the name of the type of flower, umbellifer.
Above, we have Bird’s Foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus. A common meadow plant it is a member of the pea family and also the foodplant of the Common Blue butterfly.
The above fern is Common Male Fern Dryopteris filix-mas.
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa above, quite a peculiar plant.
The above is Sowbread, also known as Cyclamen hederifolium.
I do not know if this is Mugwort or Monks Hood, it was growing in a field.
Above, is Wild Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum.
Is this Common Knapweed or Greater Knapweed?
I was rather amazed to find this Scented Mayweed Matricaria chamomilla.
Then this is Feverfew Tanecetum parthenium.
Then finally to finish up, White Stonecrop Sedum album.
Plenty to see there. Unfortunately I can’t see the detail in a lot of these images but my comments are, yes, Wild Angelica, the Lotus could be pedunculatus, not easy to tell the difference but happier in damp places.
The fern is I think Common Make Fern, Lemon Scented Fern is similar but the pinnules are a different shape, a bit more like Bracken, more tapered.
The next one is a Figwort, Common I think.
Yes, Cyclamen hederifolia.
I think the leaf is from Meadow Buttercup. Often confused for Geranium leaves.
Greater Knapweed would be a rare and introduced find here. That is Common Knapweed. Sometimes you will see a form with a spreading head which is common in the South, that comes from wild seed mixes.
Corn Camomile is very rare. I can’t see the leaves of that one but the local daisy type plants are Scented and Unscented Mayweed. However the recent push to create wildflower areas has meant a lot of non local seed coming in. Not only non local but often non native. The Camomile you are likely to find is Austrian Camomile.
The Stonecrop is White, Sedum album. English Stonecrop is actually quite rare around here, let me have any sightings of it so I can check it out (need to look at the detail).
Keep em coming!
Cheers Steve, what a mouthful. I shall email you the Chamomile pics.