A county first for today's #WeekdayWeed! 👀🌱

This silvery, smelly devil is Curry Plant (Helichrysum italicum) which is now popping up in several places locally as a pavement plant. This is the original!

It wasn't known here at all until last year...

#botany #urbanflora #wildflowers

#WeedyYardWednesday anyone? 😍

Okay, not quite as catchy as #WeekdayWeed but this beaut had Guernsey Fleabane, Water Bent, Greater Quaking-grass and more!

Oh dear, I can feel another series coming...

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An interesting #WeekdayWeed today with this wee patch of Small Nettle (Urtica urens) on a churned up road verge in the centre of Newcastle🌱🔎

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Silver Ragwort (Jacobaea maritima) peeping out of a frozen weedy patch at Tynemouth yesterday. Surprising given the recent chill! A nice one for today's #WeekdayWeed! 🔎🌱

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A chilly #WeekdayWeed this Monday with a Petty Spurge (Euphorbia peplus) frozen solid on a neighbours wall #wildflowers 🥶🌱

I forgot yesterday's #WeekdayWeed so today, you're getting two. Next is this lovely Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus) peeping out of an abandoned wasteland plot.

#wildflowers #nature #wildlife #plants 🌱🔎

A pretty nifty #WeekdayWeed now and I was chuffed to spot this Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acris) still in flower today on a crumbly local wall 🌱🔎

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A bit of a panic find for today's #WeekdayWeed but here's a lovely patch of Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) overtaking a messy old planter...

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#WeekdayWeed time! Today we have some roadside Borage (Borago officinalis) flowering as if it were the height of summer.

#wildflowers #nature #plants 🔎🌱

A Friday #WeekdayWeed double-act! Both Solanaceae too with Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruvianana) still surviving as a #pavmentplant and Chinese Lantern (Physalis alkekengi) breaking down a wall! 🌱✌️🔎

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Another day, another #WeekdayWeed! Next up, we have Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) doing what it does best - looking pokey on a patch of unkempt wasteland.

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Pavement pounding has its perks! For today's #WeekdayWeed we have some urban Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) still blooming as we head towards December! #wildflowers

Another #WeekdayWeed now! This tasty little plant is Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) found growing on wasteground in Newcastle. Beside yesterday's Hoary Mustard, no less!

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It's time for yet another #WeekdayWeed! 🔎🌱

This beaut is Hoary Mustard (Hirschfeldia incana) sprawling over some wasteground in Newcastle. A far cry from the Mediterranean, but it doesn't seem to mind...

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A surprise for today's #WeekdayWeed with what I think is Nemesia 'Easter Bonnet' growing as a pavememt plant in Heaton. A break from the norm! 🌱🔎

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We're back with the Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) for today's #WeekdayWeed! Amazed to see this still flowering merrily as we head towards December... 🥶🌱

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For today's #WeekdayWeed, I give you this big ole Petty Spurge (Euphorbia peplus) growing in the pavement on my street. The sole survivor of a neighbours recent weeding...👊🌱

#wildflowers #nature #wildlife #iamabotanist

Forget 'Weed of the Week', since you all loved the Borage, I think we'll go with #WeekdayWeed instead!

For today, I give you Oxford Ragwort (Senecio squalidus) brightening up a pavement in Newcastle.

I do like this one... 🔎🌱

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