12 Sunday Jun 2022
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Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor), the meadow-maker, the miracle-working semi-parasitic plant that weakens the overwhelming grasses in our fields by feeding on their nutrients, thus allowing more delicate wildflowers their chance to thrive. The rattle in the name comes from the noise of the ripe seeds in their pods and, according to the Plantlife website, cattle love its taste – ‘when let into a field it is the first thing they will eat’, so it’s a win for the cattle, and a win for wildflowers.
23 Friday Jun 2017
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Agrimonia eupatoria, Agrimony, Bird’s-foot trefoil, Blackstonia perfoliata, Dyer’s greenweed, Genista tinctoria, Lotus corniculata, Rhinanthus minor, wildflowers, Yellow rattle, yellow wildflowers, Yellow-wort
Yellow is the colour of the week as far as the wildflowers are concerned.
These are some I’ve seen: Bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculata), Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor), Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria), Dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria), and Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata).
