#wildflowerhour A fragrant Honeysuckle flowering in Cullohill for #commonnames
August 17, 2026 at 7:42 AM
#wildflowerhour A fragrant Honeysuckle flowering in Cullohill for #commonnames
Common centaury, or feverwort for its reputed medicinal properties #WildFlowerHour #CommonNames
August 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Common centaury, or feverwort for its reputed medicinal properties #WildFlowerHour #CommonNames
#Wildflowerhour #Commonnames Succisa pratensis commonly known as Devil's-bit Scabious due to the devil being said to have bitten off the rootstock.
August 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
#Wildflowerhour #Commonnames Succisa pratensis commonly known as Devil's-bit Scabious due to the devil being said to have bitten off the rootstock.
Common ragwort, also known as Stinking Willie, with visiting Bumblebee. #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
August 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Common ragwort, also known as Stinking Willie, with visiting Bumblebee. #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
Cat’s Ear and Devil’s-bit Scabious in Cullohill Mountains for #wildflowerhour #commonnames
August 17, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Cat’s Ear and Devil’s-bit Scabious in Cullohill Mountains for #wildflowerhour #commonnames
Meadow Cranesbill, Chipping, UK. The seed pod looks like a crane or stork head and when the seeds get ripe, the beak-like pod splits and flings the seeds far away. Old nicknames include Jingling Johnny, Blue Basins and Loving Andrews #WildflowerHour #CommonNames #BloomScrolling #Flower #Wildflower
August 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Meadow Cranesbill, Chipping, UK. The seed pod looks like a crane or stork head and when the seeds get ripe, the beak-like pod splits and flings the seeds far away. Old nicknames include Jingling Johnny, Blue Basins and Loving Andrews #WildflowerHour #CommonNames #BloomScrolling #Flower #Wildflower
I love Sundews, they are such extraordinary plants.
As #CommonNames go, this one is perfect - in the sun those sticky, deadly beads glimmer like dew, luring unwary insects to an untimely death.
This Sundew was one of many I enjoyed seeing on the Purbeck Heaths. So beautiful. 💚
#Wildflowerhour
As #CommonNames go, this one is perfect - in the sun those sticky, deadly beads glimmer like dew, luring unwary insects to an untimely death.
This Sundew was one of many I enjoyed seeing on the Purbeck Heaths. So beautiful. 💚
#Wildflowerhour
August 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I love Sundews, they are such extraordinary plants.
As #CommonNames go, this one is perfect - in the sun those sticky, deadly beads glimmer like dew, luring unwary insects to an untimely death.
This Sundew was one of many I enjoyed seeing on the Purbeck Heaths. So beautiful. 💚
#Wildflowerhour
As #CommonNames go, this one is perfect - in the sun those sticky, deadly beads glimmer like dew, luring unwary insects to an untimely death.
This Sundew was one of many I enjoyed seeing on the Purbeck Heaths. So beautiful. 💚
#Wildflowerhour
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames Butter and eggs aka yellow toadflax, one of my favourite #wildflowers, this seen in Peel Park, #Salford on Thursday in their wild patch. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames Butter and eggs aka yellow toadflax, one of my favourite #wildflowers, this seen in Peel Park, #Salford on Thursday in their wild patch. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Common Gromwell, Lithospermum officinale, long past flowering but the hard white seeds showing why it's called Pearl Plant.
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames
August 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Common Gromwell, Lithospermum officinale, long past flowering but the hard white seeds showing why it's called Pearl Plant.
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames
Meadow salsify, aka Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, from a slightly greener late June #WildFlowerHour #CommonNames
August 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Meadow salsify, aka Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, from a slightly greener late June #WildFlowerHour #CommonNames
Verbena officinalis aka Countryman's Treacle, Juno's Tears, Mercury's Blood, Pigeon Grass, Simpler's Joy, or just Vervain.
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames #Cambridge
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames #Cambridge
August 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Verbena officinalis aka Countryman's Treacle, Juno's Tears, Mercury's Blood, Pigeon Grass, Simpler's Joy, or just Vervain.
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames #Cambridge
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames #Cambridge
Deadly Nightshade flourishing by Dover Castle.... aka "Naughty-man's Cherries" in Buckinghamshire according to plant-lore.com
#wildflowerhour #commonnames
#wildflowerhour #commonnames
August 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Deadly Nightshade flourishing by Dover Castle.... aka "Naughty-man's Cherries" in Buckinghamshire according to plant-lore.com
#wildflowerhour #commonnames
#wildflowerhour #commonnames
Yarrow - or "Nose-bleed Plant" according to plant-lore.com, c/f "Saigne-nez" in French
#wildflowerhour #commonnames
#wildflowerhour #commonnames
August 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Yarrow - or "Nose-bleed Plant" according to plant-lore.com, c/f "Saigne-nez" in French
#wildflowerhour #commonnames
#wildflowerhour #commonnames
Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Calling it belladonna doesn't sound too bad but then there are Devil's Berries, Naughty Man's Cherry, Sleeping Powders!
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames #Cambridge
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames #Cambridge
August 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Calling it belladonna doesn't sound too bad but then there are Devil's Berries, Naughty Man's Cherry, Sleeping Powders!
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames #Cambridge
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames #Cambridge
Hooker's Fleabane, a clump-forming herbaceous perennial in the daisy family Asteraceae. It produces shaggy, bright yellow daisy-like flower heads with narrow, thread-like ray florets and unique, fuzzy, globe-like unopened buds. Edinburgh, Scotland #WildflowerHour #CommonNames #BloomScrolling #Flower
August 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Hooker's Fleabane, a clump-forming herbaceous perennial in the daisy family Asteraceae. It produces shaggy, bright yellow daisy-like flower heads with narrow, thread-like ray florets and unique, fuzzy, globe-like unopened buds. Edinburgh, Scotland #WildflowerHour #CommonNames #BloomScrolling #Flower
Red Bartsia, Odontites vernus with #CommonNames Red Rattle and Red Eyebright.
I think I'd call it Dainty Ladies Bonnets
#Wildflowerhour
I think I'd call it Dainty Ladies Bonnets
#Wildflowerhour
August 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Red Bartsia, Odontites vernus with #CommonNames Red Rattle and Red Eyebright.
I think I'd call it Dainty Ladies Bonnets
#Wildflowerhour
I think I'd call it Dainty Ladies Bonnets
#Wildflowerhour
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames Borage seen yesterday locally also known as starflower due to its distinctive shape and maybe a nod to the night sky colour? @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Lancashire
August 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames Borage seen yesterday locally also known as starflower due to its distinctive shape and maybe a nod to the night sky colour? @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #Lancashire
Herb-Robert, with four instead of its usual five petals. This flower was known as 'Death-Come-Quickly' and it was considered (very) bad luck to hang it indoors. Also known as 'Stinking Bob.' #wildflowerhour #commonnames
August 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Herb-Robert, with four instead of its usual five petals. This flower was known as 'Death-Come-Quickly' and it was considered (very) bad luck to hang it indoors. Also known as 'Stinking Bob.' #wildflowerhour #commonnames
Centaurea nigra, Common Knapweed, aka Button Weed, Churl's Head, Hardhead, Horse Knots, Loggerheads, Spanish Buttons, from the Street Way east of #Cambridge.
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames
August 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Centaurea nigra, Common Knapweed, aka Button Weed, Churl's Head, Hardhead, Horse Knots, Loggerheads, Spanish Buttons, from the Street Way east of #Cambridge.
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames
Knotgrass in Ely, also sometimes known as Irongrass because of its wiry stalks and roots (Mabey, ‘Flora Britannica’). #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
August 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Knotgrass in Ely, also sometimes known as Irongrass because of its wiry stalks and roots (Mabey, ‘Flora Britannica’). #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames Perennial Sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis on a verge near Monmouth. Tradition has it that the Sonchus genus, Sow-thistles, were fed to lactating sows to increase milk production. Older legends include strengthening hares.
August 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM
#WildflowerHour #CommonNames Perennial Sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis on a verge near Monmouth. Tradition has it that the Sonchus genus, Sow-thistles, were fed to lactating sows to increase milk production. Older legends include strengthening hares.
Growing up in Kent, we would always call hedge bindweed ‘Grandmother pop out of bed’
We would squeeze the base of the flower and they would pop into the air
#CommonNames #WildflowerHour
We would squeeze the base of the flower and they would pop into the air
#CommonNames #WildflowerHour
August 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Growing up in Kent, we would always call hedge bindweed ‘Grandmother pop out of bed’
We would squeeze the base of the flower and they would pop into the air
#CommonNames #WildflowerHour
We would squeeze the base of the flower and they would pop into the air
#CommonNames #WildflowerHour
In the @tanyptera.bsky.social Mosquito webinar tonight by Thom Dallimore, we were introduced to the common names of our UK species…..
#Mosquitoes #commonnames
#Mosquitoes #commonnames
April 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In the @tanyptera.bsky.social Mosquito webinar tonight by Thom Dallimore, we were introduced to the common names of our UK species…..
#Mosquitoes #commonnames
#Mosquitoes #commonnames
Bright yellow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus flowers surviving the drought in a parched Cambridgeshire field; its many #CommonNames include 'Butter and Eggs ‘Hen and Chickens’ and ‘Eggs and Bacon’ 💛
#SundayYellow #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
#SundayYellow #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
August 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Bright yellow Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus flowers surviving the drought in a parched Cambridgeshire field; its many #CommonNames include 'Butter and Eggs ‘Hen and Chickens’ and ‘Eggs and Bacon’ 💛
#SundayYellow #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
#SundayYellow #FlowersonSunday #SundayFlowers #BloomScrolling #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
Dwarf mallow, Greater celandine, a stubby Great mullein and Creeping thistle. An old common name for Greater mullein was Donkey’s ears, because of its soft leaves (Mabey, ‘Flora Britannica’). #CommonNames #WildflowerHour
August 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Dwarf mallow, Greater celandine, a stubby Great mullein and Creeping thistle. An old common name for Greater mullein was Donkey’s ears, because of its soft leaves (Mabey, ‘Flora Britannica’). #CommonNames #WildflowerHour