A selection of plants from last weekend's run in the Fisherfield.
Common eyebright (Euphrasia nemorosa) - it was apparently used to be used to treat sore eyes and also gives you physic powers.
Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) - partially parasitic. The similar looking Small Cow-wheat is very rare.
Dwarf cornel (Cornus suecica) - the berries are meant to be an appetite stimulant hence the Gaelic name which translates as 'plant of gluttony'.
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) - one of my favourite plants because it eats midges.
Lousewort (Pedicularis sylvatica) - this parasitic plant is more common with purple flowers. The name seems to come from common belief that ingestion of the plant by livestock would induce lice infestation.
I have identified the plants as best I can but there may be some errors. Let me know if I have misidentified anything.
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