Greater Sea-spurrey Spergularia media (with Sea Aster Tripolium pannonicum), and Lesser Sea-spurrey Spergularia marina. Hampshire and West Sussex coasts, yesterday. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A rather lovely roadside ditch at Northney, Hayling Island, Hampshire. Superb upper saltmarsh vegetation, with Golden-samphire Inula crithmoides, Annual Sea-blite Suaeda maritima, and Divided Sedge Carex divisa. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Update: just seen someone refer to a Speckled Wood butterfly as a Specky Wood. Just no.

Sea Arrowgrass Triglochin maritima. You have to look very close to see that it's actually flowering! Chidham Point, West Sussex. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Sea Wormwood Artemisia maritima. On the western coast of Hayling Island, Hampshire, this afternoon. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Slender Hare's-ear Bupleurum tenuissimum on the coast between Prinsted and Nutbourne, West Sussex today. Locally very common, preferring the edges of compacted gravel paths behind the sea wall. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Stepped into neighbouring West Sussex on a beautiful afternoon. Sea-heath Frankenia laevis was surprisingly common on a stretch of crumbling concrete near Chidham. Even some flowers! Not a common plant in Hampshire, despite lots of suitable habitat. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Common Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, Pale Galingale Cyperus eragrostis, and Water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper. Plaitford, New Forest today. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

High-alpine Wormwoods from SE Switzerland in July. White Genepi Artemisia umbelliformis, and Black Genepi Artemisia genipi.

Some Alpine willows from Switzerland in July. Salix reticulata Net-leaved Willow, Salix retusa Retuse-leaved Willow, Salix foetida Fishy Willow. @naturetrek.bsky.social

Alpine Sedge Carex curvula from the Upper Engadine, Switzerland in July.

Starry Hare's-ear Bupleurum stellatum was reasonably frequent in the Engadine Valley, Switzerland in early July. Really attractive species.

Senecio abrotanifolius, a big orangey ragwort from the rich meadows of Switzerland's Engadine Valley.

A ridiculous rarity in the UK (well, Scotland, to be specific). Highland Cudweed Omalotheca norvegica in a forest glade below Alp Grum, Engadine Valley, Switzerland.

There's even a Sean Bean plant in the Alps. Alpine Bastard-toadflax Thesium alpinum from the Engadine Valley, Switzerland.

Swiss Clubmoss Selaginella helvetica is a really scarce plant in Switzerland's Engadine Valley. Here it is in a pasture next to Bernina Lagalb station in early July. @naturetrek.bsky.social

More forgotten photos from the wonderful Engadine Valley, Switzerland, with @naturetrek.bsky.social in July. The variety of Rhinanthus on show was an eye-opener. This is Glacier Yellow-rattle R. glacialis, I think.

Alpine Leek Allium victorialis from the meadows below Alp Grum, Engadine Valley, Switzerland in early July.

False Helleborine Veratrum album was very common in many areas in the Upper Engadine Valley, Switzerland in July. Magnificent plant, fizzy acid green. Would be good one for the garden.

Some more wonderful plants from the Engadine Valley, Switzerland in July with @naturetrek.bsky.social. Here's the stately Yellow Melancholy Thistle Cirsium erisithales.

Crimson Clover Trifolium incarnatum var incarnatum, and Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum from an arable margin this evening. Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The Amaranths are flowering. Prostrate Pigweed Amaranthus blitoides and Common Amaranth Amaranthus retroflexus. Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

My #FavouritePlant is very often a Fumitory. Here's the beautiful White Ramping-fumitory Fumaria capreolata which was surprisingly common on the streets of Felixstowe, Suffolk in late May. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Henbane Hyoscyamus niger is always a #FavouritePlant, so coming across this fine example in July on some amazing Hampshire arable land was a real treat. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Another #FavouritePlant this year was another diminutive coastal grass, Sand Cat's-tail Phleum arenarium. Here it is in early May on the wonderful dunes at Sinah Common, Hayling Island, Hampshire. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A very firm #FavouritePlant was Early Sand-grass Mibora minima in February on the coast of Ynys Môn. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Leafy Rush Juncus foliosus at Plaitford Common, New Forest at the weekend. Not an easy thing to connect with, and very similar to Toad Rush J. bufonius. Larger, upright, wider leaves, and (hinted at here) dark edges to the tepals. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Slender Rush Juncus tenuis by a path on Kingston North Common nr Ringwood, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Trifid Bur-marigold Bidens tripartita and Nodding Bur-marigold Bidens cernua in Hampshire's Avon Valley today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Small Water-pepper Persicaria minor looking all rosy at Kingston North Common nr Ringwood, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Tasteless Water-pepper Persicaria mitis in the Avon Valley, Hampshire. Is its favourite band Coldplay, perhaps? @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Brown Galingale Cyperus fuscus is an extremely rare plant in the UK. It's at its peak about now, here in Hampshire's Avon Valley nr Ringwood. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Pink Water-speedwell Veronica catenata at Breamore Marsh SSSI, Hampshire today. Wonderful site in late summer/early autumn, filled with plants of squidgy mud and damp gravelly soils. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Water Chickweed Stellaria aquatica looking dandy today on the Mill Stream at Moortown nr Ringwood, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Bog Stitchwort Stellaria alsine in great numbers around Kingston North Common, nr Ringwood, Hampshire today. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Thorn-apple Datura stramonium in a New Forest ditch, Cadnam Green. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Trailing St. John's-wort, Hypericum humifusum, on Plaitford Common, New Forest. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Small Fleabane Pulicaria vulgaris survived the parched conditions and is having a post-rain flush. Cadnam Green, New Forest, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Bugloss Lycopsis arvensis was a pleasant surprise today on a suburban road verge nr Nursling, Hampshire. Not recorded locally for c.30 years. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Whilst birders are convinced it's autumn, late summer plants are still in their prime in the garden. 'Drought? What drought?' they say. Red Hemp-nettle Galeopsis angustifolia and Lesser Calamint Clinopodium nepeta.

Small Water-pepper Persicaria minor. Not easy to find this evening on Cadnam Green, New Forest. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium in pungent, minty abundance across Cadnam Green, New Forest this evening. Not many flowers, but recent rain has certainly brought on more growth. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Last Hampshire Flora Group meeting of the year, and a stroll around Cadnam Green, New Forest. All the specials, starting with Ivy-leaved Bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Argentine Fleabane Erigeron bonariensis and Guernsey Fleabane Erigeron sumatrensis. Havant, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Finally remembered the wellies and was able to get up close to this wonderful plant. Groenlandia densa, Opposite-leaved Pondweed, in Bedhampton, Hampshire. Flowering, too. Probably the only population in the eastern half of the county. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Dwarf Elder Sambucus edulus in flower and fruit. Havant, Hampshire this evening. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A new street plant for Havant, Hampshire today on my way to the office. Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Details of this odd Sainfoin Onobrychis sp. found in a sown margin here in central Hampshire. Very pale, small flowers and very narrow leaflets. Aberrant O. viciifolia (which is present) seems most likely, but will have to wait for ripe fruits. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Black-bindweed Fallopia convolvulus among the Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica. Chilcomb, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Every now and again, flowering parts go wrong. This is the second time I've found peloric flowers on Round-leaved Fluellen Kickxia spuria. Chilcomb, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social