Wildflowers/ July 6, 2017/

Sea Aster

Salt marshes are just marvellous habitats, and the series of photos that Lesley Crawshaw, @LACrawshaw, posted from Co. Down for the latest #wildflowerhour shows that beautifully.

This Sea Aster, Aster tripolium, really is one of the highlights of #wildflowerhour with its beautiful blue-purple petals.

Sea Aster (Aster tripolium) coming into flower in the salt-marsh. Ballymacomick Point, Co. Down, 02/07/17. #wildflowerhour @BSBIbotany pic.twitter.com/cOP0CTLzTs

— Lesley Crawshaw (@LACrawshaw) July 2, 2017

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🇺🇦 Richard Bate 🇺🇦@thenewgalaxy·

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27/6/22 Highland - You can't process and notice everything immediately in the field so take good records - because sometimes you only notice things when you're looking at those records! This is another example of the rare intergeneric hybrid X Dactylodenia evansii #wildflowerhour

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27/6/22 Highland - Where the biodiversity of plants and invertebrates are high you'll see some special results. X Dactylodenia evansii is the rare, intergeneric hybrid between a Heath Fragrant (Gymnadenia borealis) and Heath Spotted #Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) #wildflowerhour

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27/6/22 Highland - Small White #Orchids (Pseudorchis albida) are usually small, but there were some chonky examples to be seen, such as this one that was taller than the Lesser Butterfly #Orchid (Platanthera bifolia) a few centimetres away #wildflowerhour

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Dropwort (in abundance) looking gorgeous at Martin Down on Sunday evening #wildflowerhour

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