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Saturday 17th May 2025
Leader: Alan Schofield
Number of attendees: 15
We had a good day seeing the alpine and spring flowers of Ingleborough. Here are some photos of our finds:
Mossy Saxifrage (Saxifraga hypnoides)
Bird's-eye Primrose (Primula farinosa) with Early-purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
Mountain Everlasting (Antennaria dioica) - these are the female flowers showing the forked stigmas
Bird's-eye Primrose (Primula farinosa)
Yorkshire Sandwort (aka English Sandwort, Arenaria norvegica ssp. anglica). Note the anthers are white, not violet as in Spring Sandwort (Sabulina verna)
White flowered form Early-purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)
Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)
Alpine Cinquefoil (Potentilla crantzii)
Lesser Clubmoss (Selaginella selaginoides)
Rigid Buckler-fern (Dryopteris submontana)
Photos by Alan S, Laurence S and Peter B
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