Wednesday 30 May 2007

Scarlet Pimpernell - Anagallis avensis


Yet another tiny little flower that when viewed from close up looks so spectacular

Tuesday 29 May 2007

Liverwort - Marchantia polymorpha


Ok, It's not a flower... but the male sexual parts that you can see in this picture look a bit like flowers. And i really like this plant so i stuck it in anyway! I found it growing in the pavement cracks at Sussex University

Monday 28 May 2007

White Clover - Trifolium repens


Found growing in an improved pasture field

Sunday 27 May 2007

Grass species


another unknown species, it's an agricultural crop though, i think

Saturday 26 May 2007

Green Field Speedwell - Veronica agrestis


not sure which one this is, the one that has one petal paler than the others. will check the species asap

Thursday 24 May 2007

Poppy people


these are some poppy people my friend Tracy made out of poppy flower heads

Wednesday 23 May 2007

Salad Burnett - Sanguisorba minor


Apparantly the leaves of this plant are quite tasty in a salad, hence it's name. But they're so small i'm not sure it would be worth the bother of collecting them. This plant was seen on Castle Hill but it's a pretty common plant and i tend to see it fairly regularly.

Sunday 20 May 2007

Saturday 19 May 2007

Mouse ear Hawkweed - Pilosella officinarum



I found this flower growing at Castle Hill but it's quite common in chalk grassland. The underside of the petals usually have a red tinge to them and the leaves of the plant are very white, soft and felty on their underside.

Friday 18 May 2007

Toad Reed? - Juncus bufonius?


Small reed found growing at Castle Hill. I think it might be the toad reed Juncus bufonius but i'm not too sure

Thursday 17 May 2007

Wednesday 16 May 2007

Yellow rattle - Rhianthus minor


Yellow rattle has got to be one of my favourite plants. It's so tactile, it's leaves look so scaly and almost dragon like and it develops these massive seed pods that rattle in the wind. Yellow rattle is a parasitic plant that gains its nutrients from perennial grasses. I've found it growing at Castle Hill and Beedlands Nature Reserve.

Tuesday 15 May 2007

Dogwood


Dog's mercury at Stanmer Park

Monday 14 May 2007

Sunday 13 May 2007

Dog's mercury


This plant has tiny little yellow flowers

Saturday 12 May 2007

Dandelion


This dandelion had already gone over into seed but it looked so beautiful when it was damp i had to take a photo of it.

Friday 11 May 2007

Hornbeam


Picture of hornbeam seeds

Thursday 10 May 2007

Lords and Ladies - Arum maculatum



Ths was found growing in a wood near Sussex University. The purple spathe gives off a smell that attracts small flies. The flies get caught in the swelling at the base of the flower until the flower is ready to release pollen. The flies then fly off, carrying the pollen away to other flowers.

Wednesday 9 May 2007

Hedge Garlic


Not a very good photo i'm afraid, the flower is out of focus.

Monday 7 May 2007

Native bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scripta


Note the curled out tips of the petals and the yellow stamens

Sunday 6 May 2007

Herb Robert - Geranium robertianum

Found growing in grassland at Stanmer Park

Friday 4 May 2007

Black Bryony


Only British member of the yam family

Thursday 3 May 2007

Cow Parsley


Found near a field in Stanmer Park

Wednesday 2 May 2007

Bugle


Found in a woodland near University