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Just a dozen of the Autumn Gentians, Gentianella amarella, in West Pit today. #GentianFamily #Botany 🍒🏘️ #Cambridge
September 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM Everybody can reply
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Went back today to check for Autumn Gentians in West Pit. Zoom in and look for vertical dark brown lines and start counting. Dozens. All they needed was the rain!
#GentianFamily #Botany 🍒🏘️ #Cambridge
September 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM Everybody can reply
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Managed to be both a week early and a week late for the #gentianfamily challenge!

This week a different location on the Purbeck Heaths revealed more gorgeous Marsh Gentian, plus Dorset Heath and Oblong-leaved Sundew, as well as plenty of Heather & Gorse with some fab Wasp Spiders.

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August 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM Everybody can reply
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Common Centaury just managing to pop up on the oh-so-parched paddocks across the ever more obviously sandy Surrey Hills. #wildflowerhour #gentianfamily
August 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM Everybody can reply
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My local dune system was so dry I didn’t think I would find anything for #Wildflowerhour but here is Common Centaury and those I did find were mostly really dried up. These being the best. I also spotted some Autumn Ladies Tresses too so a good walk was had!
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August 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM Everybody can reply
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A couple of members of the #GentianFamily still evident in the very dry former limestone quarry of Stonepit Close - Common Centaury still flowering on browned stems, but Yellow-wort over, with just the structurally satisfying seed-heads left.
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August 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM Everybody can reply
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Slightly late for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social again. Managed a trip to the car wreck devastation of a quarry near Luton for Chiltern gentians for #gentianfamily Amazing what conditions they survive in.
August 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM Everybody can reply
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August 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM Everybody can reply
Made a special visit to the @lincswildlife.bsky.social Robert's Field NR to check on the Autumn Gentians, one of very few populations in VC53. Not yet in flower, they were initially difficult to spot, but eventually we found over 30 - success!

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August 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM Everybody can reply
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The rapidly declining Field Gentian, Gentianella campestris , and a slightly pathetic Common Centaury for #wildflowerhour #gentianfamily
August 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM Everybody can reply
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How about a ½ Autumn Gentian for #WildflowerHour #GentianFamily challenge where one there were dozens? The result of over grazing on Wilbraham Common SSSI near #Cambridge. 😠
August 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM Everybody can reply
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This week, we were surrounded by Devil’s-bit Scabious, and in between we found some gorgeous blue Marsh Gentians and teeny Yellow Centaury.
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August 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM Everybody can reply
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The Common Centaury that grows locally is now past its best, so here is a pic when it was fresher, a few weeks ago...
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August 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM Everybody can reply
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Yellow wort and common centaury from walks in W. Berks and S. Oxon respectively this week for the #GentianFamily challenge. #wildflowerhour
August 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM Everybody can reply
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August 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM Everybody can reply
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Centaurium erythraea - Common Centuary. Still going strong. This one growing among Autumn Gentians and holding it's own. #GentianFamily @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM Everybody can reply
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Over the past few weeks, I came across a few members of the #GentianFamily:
☘️ Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) at the White Cliffs near Dover
☘️ and Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata) at Lydden Temple Ewell
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August 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM Everybody can reply
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Marsh gentian, bell and common heather and tormentil at Skipwith Common #gentianFamily #rareFlowers #wildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM Everybody can reply
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Centaury at Hayling Island Oysterbeds yesterday. #WildflowerHour #GentianFamily
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