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.

Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Henbane - Refound in VC64

So this was exciting. The first record of Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) for VC64 for over 50 years, and only the forth record. It is a species that seems to be in widespread decline nationally.

It was doing rather well in a potato crop at Newthorpe, east of Leeds, with over 60 plants distributed between two field corners.