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Dock, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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Dock (Rumex sp) are common weeds in gardens and are difficult to eradicate. Their tap roots can grow up to 3ft in length and their stems are covered in a large number of seeds which persist into the winter months. A common use for the dock plant that most of us will know, is to use its leaves to soothe nettle stings or insect bites. In Austrian medicine the roots and leaves are used internally to treat viral infections.
29 September 2020
Red Campion, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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Red Campion (Silene dioica) is a common sight along rural roadside verges. It has striking deep pink flowers (rarer white campions can be found) 20mm across with notched petals on a softly hairy plant up to 1m tall. The flowers are in bloom from May to August and open during the day to attract bees and butterflies. This flower has dew or raindrops on it. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Common (or Black) Knapweed, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) also known as Black Knapweed, is a wild flower similar in appearance to a thistle, with a vibrant purple crown which is about 4cm wide. It’s a tall, branching plant that can grow up to 75cm. The ‘hard head’ of bracts underneath the flower head overlap each other like a pine cone; they’re mainly dark brown/black in colour giving Black Knapweed its name. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Common (or Black) Knapweed, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), often referred to as Common Knapweed, looks somewhat like a thistle with its purple flowers but it has no spikes. It can be found throughout the UK except the Northern most tip of Scotland and its flowers can be seen from June to September. It is very attractive to bumblebees. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Dog Rose, Milton, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire
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The ovary of a Dog Rose (Rosa canina) ripens after flowering to become a rose hip, a bright red, shiny oval fruit. Rose hips are noted for their high levels of vitamin C and antioxidants, and have been used to make tea, syrup and marmalade. The name Dog Rose originated in classical Greece, where it was once believed the plant could soothe the bite of a rabid dog. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Dog Rose, Milton, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire
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Dog Rose (Rosa canina) is the most abundant and widespread of Britain's wild rose species, and also the most variable. It is an aggregate of similar subspecies and its sweet-scented blooms can vary in colour from white to deep pink. Rose hip syrup made from the Dog Rose has four times the Vitamin C of blackcurrant juice and twenty times that of orange juice. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Japanese Rose, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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As the name would suggest the Japanese Rose (Rosa rugosa) is native to East Asia and has been grown in the UK since around the mid-19th Century, often planted in parks and gardens. It is common around coastal areas, its seeds distributed by birds and mammals. As it grows it produces dense thickets, out-competing other native plants and dominating the area. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Burnet rose, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire.
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Predominantly found in coastal habitats, the flowers of the Burnet Rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia or R. spinosissima) can be seen from May until September. The flowers are typically white, with some displaying flashes of pink. The stem of the Burnet Rose is covered in lots of small spines, which is undoubtedly where it got the specific part if its Latin name, spinosissima, meaning ‘having many spines’. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Burnet rose hips, Milton, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
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Burnet Rose (Rosa spinosissima or R. pimipnellifolia) is a deciduous shrub forming dense patches on sand dunes, sandy heaths and further inland in limestone soils, around the coast of Scotland and the Inner Hebrides, but not seen on the Outer Hebrides or Northern Isles. The Latin name spinosissima, means ‘having many spines’. The fruit is a black hip, which is another way easily to identify this rose – all other hips are red. These hips produce a dye which when mixed with alum becomes a deep purple shade traditionally used in the making of tartan cloth. Taken by David Palmar.
29 September 2020
Common Vetch, Milton, Dunbartonshire
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Also known as 'poor man's peas' Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) is the one edible vetch which can be found in the landscape. Harvested peas should be washed and cooked as they have mildly toxic properties when raw, and harvested young as toxins build up as the peas become older. Common Vetch is able to make its own nitrates which enables it to be used as a soil-fertiliser too. Its pink flowers appear between May and September. Taken by David Palmar.
