Amongst all the rock and all the river, I found some rather delightful and charming botanical residents – it is the first day of March, so Spring is still making its slow entrance, but the first small spots of colour are appearing. If anyone would like to ID any of these plants, I’d be most grateful, because I seem to be short on time.
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Today’s song doesn’t have much to do about plants but focuses on the wandering aspect of enjoying strange places, new countries, and magnificent natural locations.
I love plants, that grow out of tiny cracks.
The sixth one (black/dark blue berries) and leaves on the background of the third one (but not the flower) are easy -- Hedera helix, common ivy.
The fourth one I remembered the family immediately -- Asparagaceae -- but it took me some digging around in memory and on the internet to identify it as a member of the genus Ruscus. The flowrers and fruits grow in the middle of the stiff sharp and pointy leaves, which is peculiar -- and those are not in fact leaves, but flattened stems. It proves that this feature is very distinctive and got lodged in my memory sideways, otherwise I would not be able to tease out enough info out of my brain to identify it down to the genus.
As it unfortunately is the case for the rest -- I have no clue whatsoever.
Third is primrose flowers with ivy leaves.
Seventh, last, looks like Galium Aparine also known as cleavers, and a lot of other names as it’s a plant children play with as it sticks to fabric. I am allergic to it, just a touch will start a rash on my forearms, more than a touch means blisters, so I’ve got pretty good at identifying it in all of it’s forms! If it’s not cleavers then I’d suggest it’s another bedstraw.
Sorry for the italic fuck up.
Lovely looking plants, all.
Green things! Flowers! Spring! Thanks, rq. (We are still knee deep in winter.)