I hope you also discovered that Ludwigia (the little yellow flowers) is a seriously invasive alien and the local river technicians are doing all they can to eradicate it (very difficult as every little piece strikes roots).
The blue flower is Long-leaved Lungwort Pulmonaria longifolia (flowering very late in the year — normally it is flowering in early spring). Pulmonaire Ă feuilles longues in French.
The spiky thistle isn’t a thistle, it’s actually related to carrots and parsley. And it is in full flower đ It’s called Field Eryngo Eryngium campestre or Panicaut champĂȘtre in French.
Rosemary Kneipp
July 29th, 2015 at 10:40 am
Thank you Susan. I hoped you’d comment. What a pity about Ludwigia. They are so pretty!
I’ll add the name of long-leaved lungwort.
I didn’t think it was a thistle either but JM was adament. It seems that panicaut champĂȘtre is also called chardon Roland so I guess he’s excused. I’ll update that too.
Our walking group has the motto ” It’s not the distance. It’s the journey.”
Please insert ‘speed’ for distance. So much to enjoy.
Here’s hoping good rain will break the drought cycle.
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Very pleasant countryside! You really need steady rain.
Well, yesterday, it rained most of the day!
I hope you also discovered that Ludwigia (the little yellow flowers) is a seriously invasive alien and the local river technicians are doing all they can to eradicate it (very difficult as every little piece strikes roots).
The blue flower is Long-leaved Lungwort Pulmonaria longifolia (flowering very late in the year — normally it is flowering in early spring). Pulmonaire Ă feuilles longues in French.
The spiky thistle isn’t a thistle, it’s actually related to carrots and parsley. And it is in full flower đ It’s called Field Eryngo Eryngium campestre or Panicaut champĂȘtre in French.
Thank you Susan. I hoped you’d comment. What a pity about Ludwigia. They are so pretty!
I’ll add the name of long-leaved lungwort.
I didn’t think it was a thistle either but JM was adament. It seems that panicaut champĂȘtre is also called chardon Roland so I guess he’s excused. I’ll update that too.
Those spiky blue plants are called ‘blue devils’ in the part of Australia I come from. Sorry but I don’t know their botanical name.
Hi Jan, and thank you. I checked it out: Eryngium ovinum A.Cunn. Its the same plant but a different colour here.
Our walking group has the motto ” It’s not the distance. It’s the journey.”
Please insert ‘speed’ for distance. So much to enjoy.
Here’s hoping good rain will break the drought cycle.
I like that motto!
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[…] highway and go down the path towards the Loire. We’ve already explored to the right on an earlier occasion, so this time we turn left. We are pleasantly surprised by how lovely the path […]