Botanising in Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire and Beyond

I am the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) Vice-County Recorder for Huntingdonshire (VC31) and Mid-West Yorkshire (VC64). I've set-up this botany blog to more readily share news on recent wildflower discoveries made by myself and others, to encourage wider recording, and as a way to challenge myself to take more photographs of the plants I find. See the BSBI website for more information on the work of the society and the diverse range of botany projects currently in progress.

Saturday 27 March 2021

Muscari botryoides

Compact Grape-hyacinth (Muscari botryoides) looking fab in Oulton churchyard (VC63) today. One of the less common grape-hyacinth species. Note the distinctive broad leaves.

Sunday 21 March 2021

Bleurgh

It had to happen sooner or later, but today was the day that I found a split corona daffodil (Narcissus agg.) in a wild setting. My feigned disgust is a little tongue in cheek as on its own merits its a brightly coloured and quirky flower, but lets be honest its not really what anyone wants from a daffodil.

This cultivar seems to be 'Cassata' which starts off bright yellow and then fades. I had always assumed this type of daffodil was a recent development. But the invaluable DaffSeek website states that it is a relatively old cultivar that was registered in 1963.