Pete's Walks - Goatsbeard
Photo taken on 13/06/20 at Kensworth, Beds.
This flower is also known as Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, because it only opens fully on sunny mornings. It flowers from May to August.
Photo taken on 23/05/15 near Hartslock, Oxon.
Photo taken on 4/7/08 near Kensworth Quarry, Beds. This was a cloudy morning, so the flower is not fully open.
Photo taken on 14/05/11 near Wigginton, Herts. The insect is a female Thick-kneed Flower Beetle.
Photo taken on 4/7/08 near Kensworth Quarry, Beds. This was a cloudy morning, so the flower is not fully open.