Entries in Plants (194)

Saturday
Nov222014

Dog's Mercury

Dog's mercury, Mercurialis perennis.

Photo taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2012-03-29.

Friday
Nov212014

Sow-Thistle

Sow-thistle, Sonchus asper.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, Uk, on 2010-09-19.

Thursday
Nov202014

Dead-Nettle

From 4 years ago: flowers of white dead-nettle, Lamium album.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-05-26.

Friday
Oct102014

Clover

Clover (Trifolium sp).

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-09-20.

Monday
Oct062014

Vetch

From back in mid-summer: flowers of tufted vetch, Vicia cracca.  When fertilised the flowers develop into seed pods:

Later in the year the pods dry and turn black and the slightest touch causes them burst open, scattering their seeds.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2014-07-20.