Wild flower hour

A regular peek at what wild flower lovers have been discovering this week.

Well, #wildflowerhour is starting to take off! Thank you to everyone who took part in this week’s chit-chat about the flowers we found and the places we’ve been. If you missed it, you can join in next week, Sunday 8pm either by adding #wildflowerhour to your tweets or tweeting your pictures at the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland feed @BSBIbotany.

F&F’s own contribution is this chalk grassland meadow, which you can read more about here.

One of the flowers we came across was agrimony, which others spotted this weekend too:

#wildflowerhour Agrimony on the path - lovely bright yellow pic.twitter.com/ngQJG0VJGf

— cookslaneherbs (@cookslaneherbs) August 23, 2015

Another tweeter wanted ID for this plant, which is indeed Arisaema triphyllum:

@BSBIbotany Hi, is this plant a “Jack in the Pulpit” ? I’ve not seen them before. Thanks for the help 🙂 pic.twitter.com/LbwX4NTB3Z

— Andy C (@Lifeafterwork1) August 23, 2015

Here are some other stars from #wildflowerhour tonight:

Hemp Agrimony (Euparorium cannabinum) #wildflowerhour #wildflowers #nature pic.twitter.com/A6bMs0F3lo

— Lorna Crowcroft-rose (@LornaCrowcroft) August 23, 2015

Ivy Broomrape (Orobanche hederae) - @fennelandfern #wildflowerhour pic.twitter.com/AWZNWlywon — Oisín Duffy (@OshDuffy) August 23, 2015

Eyebright (Euphrasia sp.) @BSBIbotany @fennelandfern @LornaCrowcroft #wildflowerhour pic.twitter.com/eTmZ6v9txh

— Ed Austin (@ornithoed43) August 23, 2015

Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima) - @fennelandfern #wildflowerhour pic.twitter.com/2XwRQyfQRu — Oisín Duffy (@OshDuffy) August 23, 2015

Aftr ye haye cutt @NTLyveden, ye byrds foote trefoile hs growen welle @robert_yaxley @Haggewoods @BSBIbotany pic.twitter.com/pfB9Y9voTC — Sir Thomas Tresham (@thomastresham) August 23, 2015

At Hagge Woods pond, the first very tiny Lycopus europaeus, Gypsywort, is in flower @botanicalmartin @BSBIbotany pic.twitter.com/FMQBLjDQvM — linden hawthorne (@Haggewoods) August 23, 2015

A great walk at Seasalter, Kent: Honckenya peploides, Salsola kali, Suaeda maritima & Atriplex laciniata @BSBIbotany pic.twitter.com/5t45IUooSI — Sophie Leguil (@SLeguil) August 23, 2015

Swanscombe, Kent. Several fruiting plants of Canary Clover (Dorycnium hirsutum). @BSBIbotany @LliamRooney pic.twitter.com/vV1GdwiQMw — Owen Leyshon (@LeyshonOwen) August 23, 2015

Fragments of HLS grassland hang on the edge as main area ploughed after funding ends. @gloswildlife @BSBIbotany pic.twitter.com/CQ8P1YiZoV — Christopher Hancock (@KiffHancockSWT) August 23, 2015

@Barbus59 @BSBIbotany @drmgoeswild @BrianE_Cambs Pure white autumn gentian scruffy can @_MartinGrace get better shot? pic.twitter.com/d2kiYuACl5 — Susannah Bleakley (@S__Bleakley) August 23, 2015

Autumn gentians, here most are tinged pink, locally some pure white and the common purple is n.ern rarity @BSBIbotany pic.twitter.com/edd6KYMrYo — MorecambeBayP’ship (@_MBay) August 23, 2015

Exmoor is stunning with Botany & Wildflowers today @ExmoorNP @BSBIbotany @visitexmoor @CountryfileMag #happyflowers pic.twitter.com/HdAr3puwk0 — beaubellebotany (@beaubellebotany) August 22, 2015

Trailing St John’s-wort (Hypericum humifusum) near Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow today @BSBIbotany pic.twitter.com/Lo8tXMCYG2 — Lisa Dowling (@LisabDowling) August 21, 2015

Carline thistle (Carlina vulgaris) @BSBIbotany@fennelandfern@LornaCrowcroft#wildflowerhourpic.twitter.com/DvPtkdzHOg — Ed Austin (@ornithoed43) August 23, 2015

Wild Flower Hour takes place every Sunday at 8pm on twitter and Instagram. Just add #wildflowerhour to your tweets of photos of flowers you’ve found at any time during the week or weekend, and do join the conversation at 8pm on Sunday so that wild flower enthusiasts can find one another and learn more about our amazing native flora.