Ragged Robin, Silene flos-cuculi #WildflowerHour

Brown Beak-sedge, Rhynchospora fusca #wildflowerhour

The tiny white flower of a Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera rotundifolia #WildflowerHour

Sea Aster, Tripolium pannonicum, at the Dorset coast this week #WildflowerHour

One of many Bog Orchids, Hammarbya paludosa, I met yesterday #WildflowerHour

Marsh Mallow, Althaea officinalis, on the Dorset coast this week #wildflowerhour

Galingale, Cyperus longus, #aquaticplants #wildflowerhour

Whorled Caraway, Carum verticillatum #wildflowerhour

Marsh Cinquefoil, Comarum palustre, flowering in the ditches of Wareham Common yesterday #wildflowerhour

Green-flowered Heleborine, Epipactis phyllanthes, Ainsdale NNR #wildflowerhour

A Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, on the Chickerell ranges #wildflowerhour

Knotted Hedge Parsley, Torilis nodosa #wildflowerhour

My favourite grass (this week), French Oat Grass, Gaudinia fragalis, who I met on the Isle of Wight & in Dorset #wildflowerhour

Clustered Bellflower, Campanula glomerata, on the downs this evening #WildflowerHour

Quaking Grass, Briza media, on the downs this evening #WildflowerHour

Grass Vetchling, Lathyrus nissolia, on the Chickerell ranges yesterday #wildflowerhour

Fairy Flax, Linum catharticum, flowering along the sides of the tracks across the heath this morning #wildflowerhour

Bird's-foot, Ornithopus perpusillus, on the heath this morning #wildflowerhour

Scarlet Pimpernel, Lysimachia arvensis, on the heath this morning #wildflowerhour

Wall Speedwell, Veronica arvensis, on the heath this morning #wildflowerhour

Coral Necklace, Illecebrum verticillatum, on the Purbecks this morning #wildflowerhour

One of two tiny Frog Orchids, Dactylorhiza viridis, I found on the downs yesterday morning #wildflowerhour

Yellow Centaury, Cicendia filiformis and Allseed, Radiola linoides, on the Purbecks this morning #wildflowerhour

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

Thrift, Armeria maritima, on the Chesil Beach #WildflowerHour

Sand Cat's-Tail, Phleum arenarium & Sand Sedge, Carex arenaria, at Portland #WildflowerHour

Sea Campion, Silene uniflora, on the Chesil Beach #WildflowerHour

Fairy Flax, Linum catharticum, on the heath yesterday #WildflowerHour

Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus subbiflorus, is my favourite Bird's-foot Trefoil, and we met again yesterday #WildflowerHour

Scarlet Pimpernel & Springtail #WildflowerHour

The first Bog Asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum, in flower that I've met this year, yesterday in a mire on the Purbecks #WildflowerHour

Scarlet Pimpernel, Lysimachia arvensis, adorning the tracks across the heath yesterday #WildflowerHour

A tiny Yellow Centaury, Cicendia filiformis, one of many, on the Purbecks on Saturday #WildflowerHour

Sea Bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, on the Chesil Beach #WildflowerHour

Portland Spurge, Euphorbia portlandica, at Portland #WildflowerHour

A Bee Orchid, Ophrys apifera, on the Portland causeway on Friday #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

Southern Marsh Orchid, Dactylorhiza praetermissa, at the edge of a mire on the Purbecks on Saturday #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

A Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, on the Portland causeway on Friday #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

A Chalk Fragrant Orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, on the Downs this morning #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

A Common Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, on the Downs this morning #WildflowerHour #OrchidChallenge

Fairy Flax, Linum catharticum, on the Downs on Saturday and very late for #wildflowerhour

Quaking Grass, Briza media #wildflowerhour

I don't think I'll make #WildFlowerHour tonight, so here's my favourite encounter this week, Fly Orchids, Ophrys insectifera, on a road verge in Dorset. #WildFlowerShow

White Heleborines, Cephalanthera damasonium, East Dorset.

Early Marsh Orchids, Dactylorhiza incanata subsp. pulchella, on the Purbecks last week.

Bog Pondweed, Potamogeton polygonifolius, and Pillwort, Pilularia globulifera #wildflowerhour

Ragged Robin, Silene flos-cuculi, on the Purbecks today #wildflowerhour

Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris, on the Downs #wildflowerhour

Star Sedge, Carex echinata #wildflowerhour

Common Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii, on the Downs this morning. #wildflowerhour