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Well worth the trek: Hutchinson’s Bank, Chapel Bank & Threecorner Grove! Beautiful weather, beautiful plants and lucky to bump into the guided walk by @WildLondon! #30DaysWild #PlantsAreCool #Botany #wildflowerhour #BiologyIsAmazing (at New Addington)

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Three small members of #Fabaceae: Trifolium campestre (hop trefoil), Trifolium dubium (lesser trefoil), and Medicago lupulina (black medick) in Aarhus. Differences coming up... #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #dknatur #wildflowerhour #DanskFlora

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Tetragonolobus maritimus (dragons teeth/kantbælg) at @ScienceMuseerne blomsterne sidder 1-3sammen i bladhjørnerne, de er 25-30mm lange, kronen er lysegul og der er 9 sammen menvoksede og 1 fru støvtråd #PlantsAreCool #Botany #DanskFlora #dknatur #wildflowerhour #BiologyIsAmazing (at Væksthusene og Botanisk Have, Aarhus)

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Silene flos-cuculi (ragged robin) at @ScienceMuseerne recently! An explosion of pink that reminds me of #FlowersThatLookLikeFireworks! #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #BotaniskHaveAarhus #wildflowerhour #DanskFlora #dknatur (at Væksthusene og Botanisk Have, Aarhus)

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Iris aucheri and I. aucheri ‘Leylek Lilac’ from earlier in the year in the Alpine House @kewgardens! The Latin specific epithet aucheri commemorates the 19th century French botanist Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy. #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #kewalpine #kewgardens

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Stunning irises at @kewgardens earlier this year! The upward pointing tepals are known as standards and the lower tepals as falls. The beard is the hairy part at the top of the falls. #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #kewgardens #kewalpine

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My first Lathyrus linifolius (bitter vetch) at @ScienceMuseerne recently. Entranced by the electric blue of the fading flowers! #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #BotaniskHaveAarhus #dknatur

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‪It’s out only in the morning... Tragopogon pratensis (jack-go-to-bed-at-noon) in Aarhus last week! I adore the crown-like framing of the involucral bracts and the black and yellow contrast of the flowers!‬ ‪#PlantsAreCool #Botany #dknatur #DanskFlora #wildflowerhour ‬

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Geranium sanguineum (bloody cranes-bill), Briza media (quaking grass), Lathyrus japonicus (sea pea), Lotus corniculatus (birds-foot trefoil) all stunning at @ScienceMuseerne recently! #PlantsAreCool #Botany #Væksthusene #BotaniskHaveAarhus #DanskFlora #dknatur (at Væksthusene og Botanisk Have, Aarhus)

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Incredible range of colour forms of Vicia sepium (bush vetch) in Aarhus! Pinks, purples, lilac and everything in between! #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #DanskFlora #dknatur #wildflowerhour

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Incredible range of colour forms of Vicia sepium (bush vetch) in Aarhus! Pinks, purples, lilac and everything in between! #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #DanskFlora #dknatur #wildflowerhour

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Delighted to find a stunning patch of Pilosella aurantiaca (fox-and-cubs) in Aarhus! They spread by stolons and reflect ultraviolet light to attract bees! #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #dknatur #DanskFlora #wildflowerhour

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Kingston Cemetery was gorgeous this evening and the insects were out pollinating! Bombus lapidarius (red-tailed bumblebee), Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spot ladybird), Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee) #30DaysWild #BiologyIsAmazing #NatureIsBeautiful (at Kingston upon Thames)

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‪Ipomoea mauritiana (morning glory) grows from a tuber like it’s relative I. batatas (sweet potato). This was in the Lily House at @kewgardens Often grown as a tender annual but perennial in its native Asian tropics!‬ ‪#PlantsAreCool #kewgardens #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing‬ (at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

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The Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (common vetch) is blooming everywhere in Home Park at the moment! The luscious pink petals were certainly being buffeted by the wind yesterday! #wildflowerhour #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing #PlantsAreCool (at Hampton Court Palace)

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Erica colorans ‘White Delight’ in the #TemperateHouse at @kewgardens recently! Petals fused into a corolla tube is typical of Ericaceae (heath family) and is clearly evident here! #PlantsAreCool #Botany #BiologyIsAmazing (at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

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A beautiful evening in Home Park (Hampton Court) in the SSSI acid grassland. It certainly tested my grass ID skills and some surprise Trifoliums coming up! #NatureIsBeautiful #Botany #PlantsAreCool #BiologyIsAmazing (at Hampton Court Palace)