#pavementplants

[germunity]

Heute Das Gewöhnliche Ferkelkraut (Hypochaeris radicata), nicht Rosa, sondern Gelb kommt es daher. Meins wächst an einem Kreisel in Hamburg Hamm, quasi mitten im Weg! Die gesamte Nordhalbkugel ist seie Heimat, ursprünglich mal aus Europa kommend hat es sich fast weltweit verbreitet, wohl im Gepäck des Menschen. Wikipedia sagt es ist „ein Neophyt im südlichen Afrika, auf Madagaskar, Mauritius und den Azoren, in Indien, Japan, Taiwan und Yunnan, in Nord- und Südamerika, in Australien, Neuseeland und auf Hawaii“ Also kein Bier auf Hawaii aber das Ferkelkraut ;) Schon krass es hat es quasi ein mal um die Welt geschafft, ohne Füsse oder Flügel. Kommt gut in den Abend und noch besser durch die Nacht und in den Morgen! Today the common catsear, flatweed or false dandelion (Hypochaeris radicata), not pink but yellow it appears. Mine grows at a roundabout in Hamburg Hamm, quasi in the middle of the pavement! The whole northern hemisphere is its home, originally coming from Europe, it has spread almost worldwide, probably in the luggage of humans. Wikipedia says it is "a neophyte in southern Africa, on Madagascar, Mauritius and the Azores, in India, Japan, Taiwan and Yunnan, in North and South America, in Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii". So no beer in Hawaii but the piglet weed ;) It's a weird thing that made it around the world, without feet or wings. Come well into the evening and even better through the night and into the morning! . . . . . . #ferkelkraut #hypochaerisradicata #catsear #catsears #flatweed #falsedandelion #korbblütler #wildkräuterliebe #botanik #gewoonbiggenkruid #costolinagiuncolina #porcelleenracinée #natureprevails #cityplants #pavementplants #plantsinthecity #kleingarten #schrebergarten #gartenglück #gartenfreude #kleingartenliebe #hammerblumen #plantnet #plantnetapp #blumenfoto #blumenfotos #blümen #blumenfotografie #blomster #blomfotografering (hier: Hamburg-Horn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAk5Pl_gXHe/?igshid=1ny9qegr30cqc

[scrappapertiger]

lunchtime botany: ivy leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) is one of my favourite common urban plants. You'll find them all over the place on walls and in pavement cracks. Look out for neat little ivy-shaped leaves and purple snapdragon flowers. My favourite fact about these plants is how they spread so effectively: the flower heads face the light like most flowers when in bloom, but specifically tries to get away from light when seeds develop, burrowing into wall cracks and crevices and leaving seeds there. It's thought they were introduced to the UK this way, in Italian marble statues. Apparently their leaves are also edible but I'd avoid the ones at dog pee height on street corners... #botany #pavementplants #wildflowers #plants #flowers #Edinburgh #Scotland #naturalhistory (at Edinburgh, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvtolLEA0Sk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xltz1hpf2hsu

[guillaumeredfield]

𝓑𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓾𝔁 #crackweeds #plantsinthecity #pavementplants #sidewalkflowers #prophotography #photoart #huaweip #crackplants #picontheday #urbanwildflowers #sunlight #concretebotany #edgelands #impres #nature #urbanflowers #night #flower #crackflowers #planetearth #planetnature #growinginthecracks #subjectivelyobjective #flores #travel #landscape #voyage #sunshine #cityphotography (à Place De La Bourse et Miroir d’eau, Bordeaux) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaBjb24tzFx/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thephotostoryofmylife]

How amazing is this pavement #coleus #pottedplant #pavementplants #hongkong #hk (at Tai Hang) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvoQYwSgmCX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bmi3ao8lqf6i

[isabellelambert1975]

Highlights from the pavement plants challenge

Thank you all so much for taking part in this week’s challenge #pavementplants. Here are some of your highlights.

One of my favourite #pavementplants which always brighten up the concrete and tarmac in March – just when you need it most – these beautiful little Whitlow grass found in #Grantham this week #wildflowerhour

The best of this week’s #pavementplants: Daisies colonising the gaps in the tarmac at Plumpton village hall. Almost enough for a daisy chain! #wildflowerhour

Sweet violets by a roadside in Lewes, Sussex #pavementplants #wildflowerhour

Cochlearia danica (Danish Scurvygrass) is a common street weed in many of the towns in Pembrokeshire this year. @BSBIbotany

  <a class=”twitter-timeline” data-partner=”tweetdeck” href=”https://twitter.com/wildflower_hour/timelines/970765856224444417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#pavementplants – Curated tweets by wildflower_hour</a> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>

from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2018/03/11/highlights-from-the-pavement-plants-challenge/

[scrappapertiger]

#LunchtimeBotany: Common/grey field speedwell (Veronica persica, possibly polita but I think we're a bit far north?). Excited to see my first speedwells in flower this year, on the corner of some wasteland. I brought a tiny sprig home to see the flower open fully. Apparently travelers used to sew speedwells into their coats as a good luck travel charm, hence the name. Lots more species of speedwell will be appearing in the coming weeks/months. In Edinburgh look out for their distinctive tiny blue flowers all along the Meadows' edge (as well as everywhere else, basically). #botany #flowers #pavementplants #urbanflowers #wildflowers #naturalhistory #Edinburgh #Scotland (at Edinburgh, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvwExReAfqS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vcr08tn2y4x3

[germunity]

Heute das Kleine Habichtskraut (Hieracium pilosella) oder auch Mausohr-Habichtskraut. Es ist eine Rosettenpflanze, die Blätter die um den Stengel wachsen, aus dem die Blüte dann wächst, wachsen Rosettenartig um den Stängel. Ein cooles special hat sie, sie kann bei Trockenheit ihre Blätter aufrollen und die silbrig hell glättende Unterseite der Blätter nach oben kommt und so viel Licht reflektiert und die erwärumg verringert wird. Könnte also sein das diese Pflanze bestens an den Klimawandel hier im Norden angepasst ist. Das Habichtskraut kommt in ganz Europa,Westasien und Westsibirien vor. Im Rest der Welt ist sie der Neophyt. Ausserdem soll sie als Diuretikum verwendet werden können. Kommt gut in den Abend und noch besser durch die Nacht und in den Morgen! Today the mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum), it is a rosette plant, the leaves that grow around the stem from which the flower then grows, grows rosette-like around the stem. It has a cool special feature, it can roll up its leaves in dry conditions and the silvery, brightly smooth underside of the leaves comes up and reflects a lot of light, which reduces heat. So it could be that this plant is well adapted to the climate change here in the north. The hawkweed is found throughout Europe, West Asia and West Siberia. In the rest of the world it is most likely the neophyte. It can also be used as a diuretic. Come well into the evening and even better through the night and into the morning! . . . . . #ястребиночкаобыкновенная #ястребиночка #jastrzębieckosmaczek #sparvierepelosetto #pilosellaofficinarum #hårethøgeurt #hawkweed #hieraciumpilosella #pilosellaofficinarum #naturephotography #photographyislifee #natureprevails #cityplants #pavementplants #plantsinthecity #kleingarten #schrebergarten #gartenglück #gartenfreude #kleingartenliebe #hammerblumen #plantnet #plantnetapp #blumenfoto #blumenfotos #blümen #blumenfotografie #blomster #blomfotografering (hier: Hamburg-Horn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAs26wMsdVG/?igshid=1j3i8i372d25d

[germunity]

Heute die Magerwiesen Margerite oder auch Wiesen-Margerite da bin ich mir nicht so sicher. Gefunden habe ich vor der Tür des Genno´s. Da war ich auch schon ein paar mal essen - lecker! Heute wurde noch die Hecke geschnitten in Eigenregie. Die Margeriten standen direkt an der Straße, dem Radweg um genau zu sein, den Hamburg ja nun wann immer es geht auf die Strasse packt. Da hab ich dann mal angehalten und einen schnell Schnappschuss gemacht. Die Margeriten sind in ganz Europa verbreitet und wo sonst so, ich weis es nicht. Evtl. Gibts die ja auch in Asien oder in Amerika. Kommt gut in den Abend und noch besser durch die Nacht und in den Morgen! Today the ox-eye daisy or also as dog daisy. I am not so sure. I found it in front of Genno's door. I have been there a few times for dinner - delicious! Today the hedge was cut by themselves, so the guys from Genno´s. The daisies were right next to the street, the bike track to be exact, which Hamburg is now putting on the street itself, whenever possible. So I stopped and took a quick snapshot. The daisies are spread all over Europe and where else, I don't know. Maybe they are also found in Asia or in America. Come well into the evening and even better through the night and into the morning! . . . . . #margerite #margeriten #leucanthemumvulgare #gewonemargriet #marguerite #lamarguerite #dogdaisy #oxeyedaisy #korbblütengewächse #flowerstagram #naturephotography #photographyislifee #natureprevails #cityplants #pavementplants #plantsinthecity #kleingarten #schrebergarten #gartenglück #gartenfreude #kleingartenliebe #hammerblumen #plantnet #plantnetapp #blumenfoto #blumenfotos #blümen #blumenfotografie #blomster #blomfotografering (hier: Genno's) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqIG1CM5Qv/?igshid=18wzf75x9to6c

[germunity]

Heute die Die Ringelblume (Calendula officinalis) oder auch Garten Ringelblume genannt. Eine vielseitige Blume mit einer tollen Blüte. Sie wird als Arzneipflanze, in der Naturheilkunde und zum Färben in der Lebensmittelindustrie genutzt. Ihre Tinkturen, Auszüge oder Extrakte sollen werden zur äußerlichen Anwendung bei Hautentzündungen, zur Wundheilung, bei Quetschungen, Furunkeln und Ausschlägen genutzt. Und auch bei Bei Magen- und Darmgeschwüren und bei Menstruationsbeschwerden soll sie helfen. Für meinen Teil ist die Ringelblume heute meine Blüte des Tages! Dieses Gelb und Orange - Hammer! Kommt gut in den Abend und noch besser durch die Nacht und in den Morgen! Today the pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) or also called ruddles. A versatile flower with a great blossom. It is used as a medicinal plant, in natural medicine and for dyeing in the food industry. Its tinctures or extracts are used for external use for or skin inflammation, wound healing, bruises, furuncles and rashes. They are also said to help with stomach and intestinal ulcers and menstrual problems. For my part, the marigold is my flower of the day - today! This yellow and orange - hammer! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Come well into the evening and even better through the night and into the morning! . . . . . #fiorrancio #botóndeoro #scotchmarigold #commonmarigold #καλέντουλα #goudsbloem #souci #botondeoro #calendulaofficinalis #ringelblume #ruddles #potmarigold #natureprevails #cityplants #pavementplants #plantsinthecity #kleingarten #schrebergarten #gartenglück #gartenfreude #kleingartenliebe #hammerblumen #plantnet #plantnetapp #blumenfoto #blumenfotos #blümen #blumenfotografie #blomster #blomfotografering (hier: Hamburg-Horn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnpeOiMEkM/?igshid=dev4q7jdffcn

[thephotostoryofmylife]

Pavement plants 🌱 - the weeds look like they are launching a stealth attack on this home, looking nonchalant in the cracks, biding its time ... #coviddiaries #lookdown #dailywalk #dailyexercise #morningcommute #surbiton #pavementplants #weeds #pavementweeds — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3fFd49J

[thephotostoryofmylife]

Yippee! The lilac poppy seeds I collected from a #pavementplant (I remembered where I saw it flower to collect the seeds later) on Maple Road has seeded 💜 More #poppies spam pics in my #balconygarden account, @thegardeninggoodlife - do follow along 🌿🌱💚 #poppy #papaver #selfseeded #seedpropogation #balconygarden #balconygardening #containergardening #thegardeninggoodlife — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3dW08vc

[isabellelambert1975]

11 March

What a massive #wildflowerhour we had tonight! Thank you to everyone who took part. It’s getting harder and harder to pick just a handful of highlights, but here are some of the best photos from tonight on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Tonight’s star image comes from Dave:

Helleborus viridis, Green Hellebore, scarce in Kent, High Elms, Bromley 060318 for #wildflowerhour pic.twitter.com/bZO9o7ThsA

— Kingfisher (@Barbus59) March 11, 2018

  A miniature bank of flowers at the edge of a carpark in #Grantham – whitlow grass is just a few centimetres tall and easily overlooked by most passers by #whitlowgrass #grantham #wildflowerhour #wildflower #urbanwildlife

A post shared by Grantham Ecologist (@granthamecology) on Mar 6, 2018 at 11:49am PST

Red Dead-Nettle, Lamium purpureum for the #wildflowerhour #pavementplants challenge

A post shared by Isabel Hardman (@isabel.hardman) on Mar 11, 2018 at 11:49am PDT

11 March

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from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2018/03/11/11-march/

[isabellelambert1975]

Challenge: Pavement Plants

The theme for this weeks challenge is #pavementplants and you won’t need to do anymore than go for a walk along the roadside near your home or your workplace and see what is growing there.

It is amazing how many plants are able to eke out a living where they were never invited. Growing in seemingly inhospitable cracks and crevices, thriving where there is little soil, these tough little plants are often overlooked. Which is such a pity, as plants such as Procumbent Pearlwort have lovely tiny, pearly, green flowers and possess a unique beauty.

For this challenge we are asking you to have a really good long look to see what is growing in the pavement cracks! Photograph your finds and then post your planty pics on Twitter, Instagram or in our Facebook group using the hashtags #wildflowerhour and #pavementplants on Sunday 11th March between 8-9pm.

#pavementplants – Curated tweets by wildflower_hour

from #wildflowerhour http://www.wildflowerhour.co.uk/blog/2018/03/06/challenge-pavement-plants/