Bough Beech area of Kent - 04/08/19
I walked from east of Bough Beech reservoir to Winkhurst Green this day and here's some of the amazing plants I found this day. It' always a great feeling to find a new orchid site and here is a Violet Helleborine by a woodland path. Epipactis purpurata Two colour forms of Scarlet Pimpernel along a field edge This beautiful colour variant is called: Lysimachia arvensis f. carnea ( formerly Anagallis arvensis) Fungi were just starting to put in an appearance. It's nice to find some in mint condition and not half eaten away by slugs. Foxgloves are quite amazing plants and this one was late flowering with most in seed by this time. Digitalis purpurea What I thought was a white form of Dovesfoot Cranesbill (they're usually pink) turned out to be Cut-Leaved Cranesbill. It's easy to get a bit lazy and not check all the ID features on a plant, especially when you see them regularly. I didn't notice a