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Wildflowers and other flowering plants
Below is a non-exhaustive list of some of the many flowers and shrubs to be found growing at Magog Down. Most of these articles include lovely descriptions and history about the plants, written for us over the years by plant pathologist David Yarham. Some articles have been updated recently with new photos of the plants thriving thanks to our Rangers' careful management.
We welcome visitors' photos to help enrich our website, so if you have any you'd like to submit, do send them along to photos 'at' magogtrust.org.uk. Perhaps you've spotted a wildflower that is not yet featured here?
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Kidney Vetch - Anthyllis vulneraria
Kidney Vetch is named after the large, kidney-shaped flower heads, which are covered with woolly white hairs.
In the past it was known as a herb that would speed the healing of wounds. See it spread across the North Down, as above.
In this close-up, the wooly white hairs on the flower show up quite well. The insect shown on it is a Burnet Companion day-flying moth.
Photos by Claire Beale.
June 2020
See also...
Report of the visit from Cambridge Natural History Society in August 2017
News about a visit by the local branch of Butterfly Conservation charity taking place in August 2016
News about the very special area of Colin's Bank, published in February 2015
Pasque Flower
One of our Friends sent us this beautiful picture of some Pasque Flowers taken in amongst the Cowslips in May 2016.
Photo by Jill Butler