There were some nodding heads of blue mauve Devil’s-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) alongside the trackway and then we saw something different, this delicate gentian.
Insight into Field Gentian (Gentianella campestris): native and widely distributed in north and upland Britain, this gentian is rare elsewhere. It’s Red Data Book status is “vulnerable“.
Flowering from July to October it can be found in various habitats on acid soils.
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