Today it's Speedwells: - Down on your hands and knees to find these tiny sapphire gems.
Tiny speedwells. They all have four petals, staring from a tube, and with one petal smaller than the other three. We had one last week - Slender Speedwell, but these three have smaller flowers
First the one that is most turquoise: (sea /cyan / )
Speedwell Number 1:
Thyme leaved Speedwell. It has simple leaves. The leaves are not toothed and they are not hairy. They grow in pastures, and sometimes in lawns.
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| This one was growing in the pasture south of the Hoffman Kiln today |
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| See the white stigmas and blue anthers |
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| And this one is in Booth's Car Park |
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| Plot in Booths Car Park with Thyme Leaved Speedwell |
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Speedwell Number 2:
This is opposite Trevor's Market Shop.
and Shucks - I've looked in the book and there are three different ones it could be.. I shall have to go back and look even more closely. Maybe I will need the fruit.
Let's just call it Field Speedwell for now.
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Speedwell number 3: Last but not least -
Well actually it is the least.. It has the tiniest of flowers about 2mm across.. almost at the resolution of my camera
found - in the cobbles below the Coop, and also the pavement next to the Bank near the florists:
Wall Speedwell.
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| Wall Speedwell - cobbles near the Coop |
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| next to the wall of Lloyds Bank -see the Settle florists over the road |
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| Same but closer |
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| And whilst we are here let's admire the yellow lichen on the wall: Caloplaca citrina and the moss: Wall Screw-moss |
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