A stunning stand of Toothwort, this one associated with dead Larch.
Brigsteer Woods, #Cumbria for #WildflowerHour
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Spring flowers for this week’s #WildflowerHour
Forget me nots, hawthorn, red campion, speedwell, celandine, dandelion.

The Green-winged orchids just starting to flower near Snowshill this morning. Wild Orchids UK & Ireland #wildflowerhour

Sweet Cicely just starting to flower by the River Swale near Richmond #WildflowerHour
Seems to have spread pretty quickly given it's got such a chonky seed; first recorded in the wild in 1712 according to plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.…

Pretty Ground ivy. #WildflowerHour

Plant spotting for #WildFlowerHour and confused about whether a plant is naturalised, wild, native, alien...?
Our Definitions page may help: bsbi.org/definitions-wi…

Marsh Marigolds or Kingcups (Caltha palustris) in a damp patch near the Derwent in Derbyshire ⁦wildflowerhour⁩ #Wildflowerhour ⁦BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland⁩

Two contrasting ancient woodland indicators with fascinating vernacular names - toothwort or ‘corpse-flower’ and herb paris or ‘true-lover’s knot’ - an Englishman’s Flora has the details! BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #ancientwoodland

Bogbean coming into flower in East Sussex, where it's not very common at all.
Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔
Sussex Botanical Recording Society
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If you are in the North, now is a good time to see where the Wych Elm trees are in a wood - they are the ones that look lime green with masses of developing seeds (which taste of uncooked pastry).

Tiny flowers spotted in the grounds of Cambridge University Library this week. Common mouse-ear and Thyme-leaved speedwell, Dovesfoot cranesbill, Common whitlowgrass, Thyme-leaved sandwort, Wall speedwell and Field madder. #WildflowerHour

Well, I wasn’t expecting to see this in flower this weekend. Everyone’s favourite Dorset hybrid. #orchid #woodcock #hybrid Britain's Orchids Wild Orchids UK & Ireland

Cuckooflower and Coralroot (Cardamine pratensis and Cardamine bulbifera) in South Somerset 🌸🌿
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Cowslip growing on an East Devon roadside verge this week. #Devon #wildflowers BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland #nature wildflowerhour

Herb-Paris (Paris quadrifolia) growing under mature hazel tree canopy at Lower Woods Nature Reserve, South Gloucestershire #WildflowerHour

Prunus avium, Gean, Wild Cherry. #wildflowerhour #treeflowers

Beautiful Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) coming into their own at Lower Woods Nature Reserve, South Gloucestershire #WildflowerHour #Bluebells #Spring

Wild Strawberry #wildflowerhour

Stunning Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) in Dorset 💚
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Huge thanks to Andy Rogers Alastair Stevenson Duncan Harris Steve Parsons 💙 🙏