Violets and others

  Blue Composites, Chicory and Common Blue Sowthistle. A few photos of these two blue flowered composites. The blue stamens look amazing wit...

  Hieracium aviicola   Many-toothed Hawkweed    Devils Ditch. Newmarket Heath. Hawkweed on Devils Ditch, Newmarket Heath, Cambridgeshire. T...

  Hedypnois cretica photos from Arrifana, Parque Natural Da Costa Vicentina,  Portugal. Also known as Hedypnois rhagadioloides. Note the st...

  Acicles, Prickles and Stalked glands in Wild Roses.  Photos and thoughts. Rosa rubiginosa showing pedicle acicles and stalked glandular h...

Leaf edges in Cambridgeshire Roses. On the 3rd June I had zero knowledge of roses. A chance encounter with Rosa micrantha  (when looking...