One thing I have discovered since I've been doing my little photography walks is that, because I have to be careful where I walk (that is I'm a bit unsteady, not so much what I might tread in!) I am more aware of the world at my feet. There are cracks in the pavement just full of wild flowers and mosses for example. I don't mean great big grab your ankle and trip you over jungle plants, but little flowers and fungi and such like. I call them "crack weeds" or sometimes just "weeds". There are little corners on the pavements and verges which can be fascinating. And sometimes, a plant turns up that I've never seen before, or even heard of. So I even went as far as buying a wild flower identification guide. And the other day, I came across one of these in a little corner of waste ground.
Thursday, November 25, 2021
More than just Boats and Birds
It took me a while to find out what it actually is, but thanks to my new wild flower identification guide I found it. It is a small melilot (melilotus indicus) (Latin name even!) and while not uncommon, it is declining in the British Isles. Was apparently used as a herbal infusion for tired or sore eyes. Well I discovered something new!
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