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Showing posts with label Plants. Show all posts

Loose-flowered x Green-winged Hybrid Orchid -- Anacamptis x alata

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Loose-flowered Orchid Anacamptis laxiflora and Green-winged Orchid Anacamptis morio will hybridise to produce Anacamptis x alata . A...

Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera mutations, variations and aberrant forms

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Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera (Fr. Ophrys abeille) has a wide European distribution and frequently self-fertilises. This is thought to be the ...

Snakeshead Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris

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Scientific Name: Fritillaria meleagris (Liliaceae) . English Name: Snakeshead Fritillary (Lily family). French Name: La Fritillair...

Yellow Archangel Lamium galeobdolon

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Scientific Name: Lamium galeobdolon (Lamiaceae). English Name: Yellow Archangel; Artillery Plant; Aluminium Plant; Yellow Dead-nett...

Hairy Buttercup Ranunculus sardous

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Scientific Name: Ranunculus sardous. English Name: Hairy Buttercup; Sardinian Buttercup. French Name: Renoncule de Sardaigne (= ...

Wild Currants Ribes spp

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In cool damp woodland near the Loire River in the Touraine you can find patches of wild Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa (Fr. Groseillier à maqu...

Grass-Poly Lythrum hyssopifolia

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Scientific Name: Lythrum hyssopifolia . 'Hyssopifolia' means 'hyssop like leaves'. English Name: Grass-poly; Hyssop ...

Wild Sorrel Rumex acetosa

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Scientific Name: Rumex acetosa (Polygonaceae). English Name: Wild Sorrel; Common Sorrel; Garden Sorrel; Sorrel; Spinach Dock; Narro...

Coronilla minima

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Scientific Name: Coronilla minima (Fabaceae). English Name: (Legume family). French Name: Coronille naine (='dwarf little cr...

Sweet-scented Virgins Bower Clematis flammula

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Scientific Name: Clematis flammula (Ranunculaceae). English Name: Sweet-scented Virgins Bower; Fragrant Virgins Bower (Buttercup fa...

Cowslip - Primula veris

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Scientific Name: Primula veris. English Name: Cowslip French Name: Coucou. The first Cowslip of spring, photographed in Ma...

Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosa

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Scientific Name: Ranunculus bulbosa (Ranunculaceae). English Name: Bulbous Buttercup; Saint Anthony's Turnip; Goldcup; Frogs-fo...

Bush Vetch Vicia sepium

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Scientific Name: Vicia sepium (Fabaceae). English Name: Bush Vetch (Legume family). French Name: Vesce des haies (='hedge ve...

Bitter Vetch Lathyrus linifolius

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Scientific Name: Lathyrus linifolius (Fabaceae). English Name: Bitter Vetch; Heath Pea (Pea family). French Name: Gesse à feuille...

European Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis

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Scientific Name: Aristolochia clematitis (Aristolochiaceae). 'Aristolochia' means 'best childbirth' and 'clematit...

Strapwort Corrigiola litoralis

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Scientific Name: Corrigiola litoralis (Caryophyllaceae). English Name: Strapwort (Carnation family). French Name: Corrigiole des...

Soapwort Saponaria officinalis

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Scientific Name: Saponaria officinalis (Caryophyllaceae). The specific name 'officinalis' indicates that the plant had a use...
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White Mulberry Morus alba

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Scientific Name: Morus alba (Moraceae). English Name: White Mulberry (Mulberry family). French Name: Mûrier blanc (='white m...

Dodder Cuscuta epithymum

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Scientific Name: Cuscuta epithymum (Convolvulaceae). English Name: Dodder; Common Dodder; Clover Dodder; Hellweed; Strangle-tare (M...

Beech Fagus sylvaticus

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Scientific Name: Fagus sylvatica (Fagaceae). English Name: Beech (Beech family). French Name: Hêtre. 5 Key Characters: larg...