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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thanks Mark, I'll look that one up when I'm back home. All the plants in this section looked like it so it wasn't a one off.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Why of course! Not a holiday without 100s of plant photos and many plant samples

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bupleurum tenuissimum, slender hares ear growing in profusion in the lawn of my holiday villa.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Dianthus carthusianorum, Carthusian pink on the edge of an olive grove in Tuscany.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On holiday in Tuscany and Erigeron bonariensis is abundant on the road verges, they have wine glass shaped inflorescences (very fitting for the region) and purple tipped phyllaries. #wildflowerhour

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Fran Sinclair @notfrangible.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Possibly my favourite plant, perhaps chiefly when it poses on lock gates and beside winding gear etc: Beggarticks Bidens frondosa along the Kennet & Avon canal at Devizes today

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

An the weirdest thing I found today was Bolboschoenus maritimus with extremely long inflorescences. Anyone know why its growing like this? #wildflowerhour

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Euphorbia stricta has wonderful warty seeds. #wildflowerhour

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yes still very happy despite the drought!

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I did think this might have originated first as a garden planted specimen. But it was now obviously self set in between rocks. Interesting that you found it being sold in garden centres though.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Moving office locations means new areas to nose around at lunchtime. I found a population of Herniaria glabra which is a new vice county record.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Things are still holding on in the drought this Persicaria mitis was flowering yesterday.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

All look good to me, Spinulum annotinum and Lycopodium annotinum are the same species :). Looks like a great holiday!

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's definitely been a week of seeing new plants. @1davidelston.bsky.social, @bramblebotanist.bsky.social and i went wading around looking for Calamagrostis scotica. And we found lots! Superficially is much darker than C. stricta.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Up in Cathness for the @bsbibotany.bsky.social recording week. Out today to look for Carex x grantii the hybrid between Carex recta abandoned Carex aquatilis. Here is a lovely family portrait.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Looks like carex flacca to me. Utricles are the right shape and look papilose from your photos. Colouration of the leaf sheaths is right too.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Lotus subbiflorus looking splendid in the afternoon sun down in Dorset today.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ooooh yes, I'd like to what other treasures are there :)

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If you have any good spots you don't mind sharing can you PM me? I'm working in Dorset today and tomorrow.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Amazing thank you Tristan, I may head over there after finishing work in Dorset tomorrow :)

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Anyone in Dorset/Hampshire have a good spot to find Cicendia filiformis?

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Yes this is Carex divulsa ssp divulsa :) thanks for the clear photos

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Deal, I'll bring some over next time I visit :)

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Yes I have a massive sedge collection in my garden. They are my favourite species group and having a live collection I find to be really helpful. Carex digitata also seeds everywhere in my garden.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hard to clearly see the inflorescences/utricles in your photo but your plant looks more like carex divulsa ssp divulsa from what I can make out.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

No, three horseshoes is the best in town. But not a bad one to add to a BOA pub crawl!

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Been a incredibly busy week doing botanical surveys all around the country, here are a few highlights. 1. Diapensia lapponica, 2. Convallaria majalis, 3. Logfia minima, 4. veronica spicata, 5. Allium sphaerocephalon

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Fran Sinclair @notfrangible.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

No #LawnFlowers from me, just grassed areas - like this area with a beautiful population of Bath Asparagus; the bees love it! #WildflowerHour

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

You know your sedgery is getting out of control when Carex depauperata self sets everywhere and starts becoming a garden weed! #wildflowerhour not sure it counts as #LawnFlowers though?

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I got all your records thank you for submitting them through the BSBI app :)

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Alot of the ophrys group look like they have faces, maybe one of the reasons why people like them so much?

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I guess you never know when something might reappear. I only saw this one spike and another rosette nearby so I hope it survives and spreads a bit.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Back by lunchtime? I think you mean 3pm 😂. But yes we did try and go up quickly as the weather was going to change. And it did start really raining on the way down!

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Rained quite a bit, but luckily not for the hike up! Back in England again now my garden wants it to rain! What did you find at weeting?

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I cant take credit for its find, just to follow up on a potential sighting and get it recorded. Interestingly in a arable reversion site!

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

For #Wildflowerhour #OrchidChallenge this week, here is a photo of Ophrys sphegodes found earlier this month in Wiltshire, last seen in the county in 1989!

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A nice habitat shot of Diapensia lapponica. @bramblebotanist.bsky.social and I managed to dodge the rain today to find this beauty.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A long hike up a Scottish mountain with a special reward at the summit, Diapensia lapponica!

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Im so sorry to hear that Jo i hope she is OK.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Weren't you planing to see it over easter weekend? I would think they would still be flowering then, there were 100s of them!

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Finally feeling better after having a horrible cold. So took myself off to Dawlish Warren in the sunshine to see romulea columnae, Sand crocus, and what a beauty it is! I also bumped into @naturelark.bsky.social, was so lovely to meet you.

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Kat Newbert @ghostofdatura.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A suprising find today, Asarina procumbens (trailing snapdragon) growing out of a drain in an old greenhouse.

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