Thursday 21 January 2016

A Few Hampshire Wildflowers

Here are a few photos of wildflowers from several locations in Hampshire taken this summer. Firstly from Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth.
 


Basil Thyme Acinos arvensis


Lesser Centaury - Centaurium pulchellum

At Langstone Harbour...




Slemder Hare's-ear - Bupleurum tenuissimum
Seen here in seed. 

On an arable headland near Micheldever were....


Stinking Chamomile - Anthemis cotula
 

And with Hoverfly - Syrphus sp. (I think)

 

Borage Borago officinalis



Venus's looking-glass Legousia hybrida

And at a nature reserve nearby...




 
 Red Hemp-nettle - Galeopsis angustifolia

And finally at Hayling Island....




Sea Knotgrass - Polygonum maritimum


Knotgrass Caterpillar

2 comments:

Steve Waite said...

Well done on cracking on with all your catch up posts Karen! You must have a ton of photos to go through...

Karen Woolley said...

Thanks Steve. Got to get the backlog sorted before the new season gets started. A few more flower posts ...then there's the fungi ones!