Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

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Studying, appreciating, recording and conserving our wild plants, and supporting the botanists who care about them.
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:26 AM

Taxonomic analysis on Giant Waterlily was carried out by Maarten Christenhusz, BSBI Wales Officer
He said "This is one of those extraordinary botanical stories where modern technology, indigenous knowledge & happy coincidences came together to uncover an extraordinary plant"
bsbi.org/about/news/l...

@ambroisebaker.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:06 AMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

I'll be there to talk mints Mentha! Looking forward to it
Thanks to @bsbiscotland.bsky.social

@petergibbs.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:59 AMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Heather still blooming nicely on the Heathlands of the Surrey Hills

@sarahlambert7.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 4:17 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Has anyone else ever come across a Wild Strawberry flower looking quite like this? The serrated petal margin is certainly new to me!

#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A flower of Wild Strawberry, with five white petals around a domed yellow mound covered with pistils which is surrounded by spoon-shaped golden stamens. This flower has unusually serrate petals.

@trisnorton.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 7:04 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Twiggy Mullein Verbascum virgatum. Hayling Island, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

@henk-janvdveen.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:08 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The oak tree in my backyard is covered in flowering Ivy, and it’s absolutely buzzing! Hundreds of hoverflies, wasps, and bees are flying in and out #WildflowerHour

@lauramckee.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:20 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Common toadflax aka butter and eggs, on the edge of a hospital carpark. Very much blessing the NHS recently!
#WildflowerHour

Pale yellow wildflower with deeper yellow orange centres and long “tails”. Fence and blue sky in background.

@rogerhorton.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:17 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Lucerne, Medicago sativa sativa, flowering and coiling its pods at the same time near Shaker's Lane #BuryStEdmunds #Suffolk today. #WildflowerHour

@bsbibotany.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 10:16 AM

These orange stamens on Great Mullein are gorgeous!
Do you agree with @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social?
Are these your favourites?
Do you have other favourite stamens?
Let us know in comments below.
Not sure what a stamen does?
Definitions of many botanical terms on our website:
bsbi.org/learn/gettin...

@bsbibotany.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:08 PM

Will you be in Edinburgh on Saturday 7 November?
Do you want to catch up with fellow plant-lovers to celebrate and learn more about Scotland's wonderful wild plants?
Then this event is for you!
Book now for the 2026 Scottish Botanists' Conference: www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

@dmac00.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:50 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Some recent fern sightings from around the local area

Oreopteris limbosperma
Hymenophyllum tunbrigense
Dryopteris aemula
Asplenium ceterach

#botany #irishbotany #ferns

@jo-the-botanist.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 5:35 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

#WildflowerHour Pleased to report that the Ray's Knotgrass Polygonum oxyspermum ssp raii refound after a gap of 100yrs or so at Gt Yarmouth by @dungenessowen.bsky.social + subsequently a little further south by @hallsecology.bsky.social has migrated down to the developing dune system at Kessingland.

@1davidelston.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:58 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Varied our usual walk at Muir of Dinnet and found some different things. Serrated wintergreen (2 pics), few-flowered sedge & small nettle (previously with 1, 2 & 1 BSBI DDb records in their respective hectads). Surprisingly for such a well visited area there is still much to be discovered.

@trisnorton.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:01 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Keying out a Sporobolus today (alien Dropseed grass, found on Hayling Island). Couplet 1: Lowest node of inflorescence with only 1 or 2 branches (not whorled). CHECK. Couplet 4: Upper glume 25–75% the length of the spikelet; inflorescence open or spike-like; plants usually tufted. CHECK.

@biologicalrecording.co.uk Oct 8, 2026, 9:01 AMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

🌳 Meet the rare English Whitebeam, found only in Britain & Ireland. Around 1,000 remain!

Learn more about this & other endemic whitebeams with @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social on 13 Oct.

🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977171059...

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@bramblebotanist.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 6:18 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Some lovely large cabbagey rosettes of Henbane Hyoscyamus niger on the NW Norfolk coast today. This population seems to be habitually biennial.

@tuinz07.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 8:33 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Bee orchids making an appearance at WWTSlimbridge today. I checked this location last week and there were no signs of any winter rosettes! @wwtsightings.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

@mariposanature.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:49 AMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The 2027 edition of Orchids of Cyprus is now fully booked, and will of course generate a donation to support the work of @bsbibotany.bsky.social.

We've listed the 2028 edition on our website now - it's never too soon to secure a place on this popular tour!

www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...

@james99.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:05 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

#Sheepleas being left long, presumably to allow late flowering after a brutal Summer, delivering nicely now with this Pinky Purple eleven #WildflowerHour

Bush Vetch
Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Red Clover
Small Scabious, Clustered Bellflower, Hedge Woundwort, Herb Robert
Harebell, Common Centaury, Self Heal Common Knapweed

@rogerhorton.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:09 PMReposted by @bsbibotany.bsky.social

So you're related? Seeds of Common Lime, Tilia x europaea, and Hollyhock, Alcea rosea, both members of the Mallow family, Malvaceae. #WildflowerHour

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