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Marsh Woundwort growing in amenity planters at a shopping centre in Cornwall today. Stachys palustris

Creeping Forget-me-not requires a look at the hairs on the stem and sepal shape to tell it apart from Tufted or Water FMN, so it's a #HairyPlants candidate. North Petherwin Cornwall (but VC4) for #WildflowerHour Myosotis secunda

Round-leaved Mint on Pentewan Beach Cornwall today. Note the teeth on the round leaves are strongly downturned separating it from the hybrid species Mentha x villosa Mentha suaveolens

Sheep’s bit flowering on the beach edges at Pentewan Cornwall today. Jasione montana

Drifts of White Beak-Sedge from a mid Cornwall moor. Rynchospora alba

Bog Myrtle in seed, all parts smell lovely when crushed. Mid Cornwall moor. Myrica gale

Wavy-leaved St John's-wort from a mid Cornwall moor. Hypericum undulatum

Sea Daffodil, Sea Knotgrass and Rough Clover from Cornwall this week for #wildflowerhour

Rough Clover flowering later than usual by the canal at Bude today. Trifolium scabrum

A short video ending with a lovely plant in flower. Sea Daffodil at Par Sands Cornwall today.

Sea Daffodils now flowering on Par Sands beach Cornwall today. Pancraticum maritimum

Sea Sandwort in seed at Par Sands Cornwall today. The pods break off and can float on the higher tides to colonise other beaches. Honckenya peploides

Sea Knotgrass now fully grown at Par Sands Cornwall today. Polygonum maritimum

My plant recording adventures in Cornwall for the 1st half of July now published at sylvatica2022.blogspot.com plenty of ID tips included too, hope you like the selection.

Wasps seem to be the most common pollinator that I see on Helleborines, such as here on Broad-leaved Helleborine today in North Petherwin Cornwall.

From 2 days ago at Kerdroya labyrinth on the Bodmin Moor: Purple Bugloss ( #HairyPlants ) flesh coloured form of Scarlet Pimpernel, Sand Spurrey and Alsike Clover. #Wildflowerhour

What I think is Wood Club-rush growing in a pond at North Petherwin Cornwall (but VC4) today. Scirpus sylvaticus

Some Curled Waterweed from a pond at North Petherwin Cornwall (but VC4) for #WildflowerHour Potamogeton crispus

Bifid Hemp-nettle can be intermediate in characters with Common Hemp-nettle, however, it has smaller flowers than the latter and usually curled over petals. North Petherwin Cornwall (but VC4) for #WildflowerHour Galeopsis bifida

I found 23 spikes of Broad-leaved Helleborine today with 5 found in a car park! North Petherwin Cornwall (but VC4) for #WildflowerHour Epipactis helleborine