A pair of skunk cabbages (𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘴) from Frear Park in 2023.

These were our most reliable sign of Spring when we lived down there, but we've yet to find a patch in this area.

#WildflowerWednesday #NotYourMothersBloomScrolling #BloomScrolling #WildPlants #Spring

#NewSpecies!
Acianthera nukiniana
A newly discovered orchid from #brazil!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D878C-CC6C-6F03-ED35-FC70FD93DCA1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3211
#eytaxonomy #AciantheraNukiniana

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #orchidaceae #orchids

#NewSpecies!
Gentiana daofuensis
A newly discovered gentianaceae from #china!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A24D894C-2563-551A-81A2-E074569AC523
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.183828
#PhytoKeys #GentianaDaofuensis

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #gentianaceae

#NewSpecies!
Gilliesia taguataguensis
A newly discovered amaryllidaceae from #chile!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/185E0A76-9211-50D9-83D2-91BFA42B5C77
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.270.175170
#PhytoKeys #GilliesiaTaguataguensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #amaryllidaceae

#NewSpecies!
Radula rheophila
A newly discovered liverwort from #thailand!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F613211E-8205-5AD0-9E17-E1AA6B42E48D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.181229
#PhytoKeys #RadulaRheophila

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildplants #plants #wildlife #radulaceae #liverworts

Another nice story before I head outside to make my own.

The first photo is of the author checking out some speedwell and I think the first flower I took a photo off last week was a tiny Germander Speedwell flowering earlier than it's country cousins by a garden wall in Wolverhampton.

There is a lot to be said for a slow walk in the urban jungle :)

#UrbanNature #WildPlants #CityNature #UrbanFlora #NatureInTheCity #GreenCities #solarpunk

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/09/country-diary-a-riverside-walk-reveals-the-citys-history-written-in-plants

#NewSpecies!
Monotropa callistoma
A newly discovered ericaceae from #china!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/82443CA4-9E4F-5D85-98E3-236F00EC1C75
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.177609
#PhytoKeys #MonotropaCallistoma

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #ericaceae

#NewSpecies!
Guzmania altomayoensis
A newly discovered bromeliaceae from #peru!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/184B878A-E202-F83A-FF02-CEB6E0B36475
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.721.2.5
#Phytotaxa #GuzmaniaAltomayoensis

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #bromeliaceae

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