In Whitechapel yesterday there was a lot of Crepis vesicaria - more than I tend to see in Camden. Any small plants I do see in Camden, tend to be mown down before they bloom. I'll have to make a trip to Whitechapel in a couple weeks to see if these are allowed to survive and bloom.

Crepis vesicaria in the foreground, abandoned detail of the Bishopsgate goods yard viaduct which is on the right, railway line on the left


lots of buds

cow parsley

narrow-leaved ragwort

fodder burnet (Poterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum)




and in Islington, shepherd's purse

thale cress

narrow-leaved ragwort

some rosettes
winter purslane (Claytonia perfoliata)


Jersey cudweed (Helichrysum luteoalbum)

hoary mustard (Hirschfeldia incana)


nettle-leaved bellflower (Campanula trachelium)


Crepis vesicaria

ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
