_DSC0325_0355Field Poppy
Date: 17/06/08
Field Poppy
Papaver rhoeas - Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, Corn Poppy, Common Poppy
Flowers from May to August
Common poppy, Corn Poppy or field poppy have solitary scarlet flowers, they were once a common site in cornfields. Habitat Cultivated and waste ground
_DSC0221_0178Oxeye Daisy
Date: 19/06/08
Leucanthemum vulgare
Hgt 20 - 100 cm Oxeye Daisy flowers May to August
White flowers with a yellow centre, a favourite ingredient in wild flower arrangements. Habitat old meadows, waste ground and gardens. Often used in wild flower mixtures.
_DSC0431_0447Greater Knapweed
Date: 22/06/08
Greater Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
Hgt 30 - 150cm Flowers July to September
Thistle like heads of florets a reddish colour. A flower of the summer meadows. Attractive to butterflies.
_DSC1288_1025SHarebellPhotographed Elan Valley WalesHgt 15- 40cm Flowers July to SeptemberNodding Blue flowers rarely white. Found on heaths, grassy places on mostly dry soils.
Date: 12/08/08
Harebell
Photographed Elan Valley Wales
Hgt 15- 40cm Flowers July to September
Nodding Blue flowers rarely white. Found on heaths, grassy places on mostly dry soils. Seed Available Online
_DSC0747_0641Field Scabious
Date: 06/07/08
Field Scabious
Knautia arvensis
Hgt 30 - 100cm Flowers July to October
A biennial plant or short lived perennial. Flowers Bluish lilac. Old herbal remedy to treat scabies. Habitat grassland, open woods and hedge-banks