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Spanish bluebell at Broomhill Allotments, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Claythorn, Broomhill and Jordanhill
Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) at Broomhill Allotments, Glasgow, an invasive non-native species (INNS), taken by Joanna Lindsay. In comparison to the native bluebell, the flowers are more upright (they don't droop over), they are on all sides of the main stem instead of concentrated on one side, they have a more open bell-shape with less curving and often lighter blue petals. Native bluebells have creamy white pollen, while these non-native Spanish bluebells have pale-green or blue pollen.
Because of their ability to hybridise with the native bluebell, they are seen as a threat to the native species.
04 May 2017
Spanish bluebell
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica), an invasive species, on Great Cumbrae with Arran in the background.
In comparison to the native bluebell, the flowers are on all sides of the main stem instead of concentrated on one side, they have a more open bell-shape with less curving petals and blue anthers instead of cream as in the native plant.
Because of their ability to hybridise with the native bluebell, they are seen as a threat to the native species.
28 April 2012
Spanish bluebell
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Arran
Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica), an invasive alien species in Britain. Its flowers are open and upright and its anthers are blue, unlike the native bluebell which has bell-like flowers which droop over to one side of the stem, and cream anthers.
06 May 2012
Puffins on Lunga
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Mull
Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) on Lunga, Treshnish Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off Mull. The adult birds return to their nesting colony in late March or early April and lay a single egg in late April or early May.
24 May 2008
Hybrid bluebells, Westerton, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Cairn Hill Wood South
Hybrid bluebells (Hyacinthoides sp) in Cairn Hill Wood South, Westerton, Glasgow. This clump has flowers on all sides of the main stem, a feature of the Spanish Bluebell, but also the cream pollen typical of the native bluebell.
08 May 2020
Common bluebells, Westerton, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Cairn Hill Wood South
Common bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in Cairn Hill Wood South, Westerton, Glasgow
08 May 2020
Common bluebells, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale, Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal and Dawsholm Park
Common bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), the native species of Bluebell, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow, just emerging into full bloom at the end of April.
28 April 2020
Hybrid Bluebell, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale, Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal and Dawsholm Park
Hybrid Bluebell (Hyancinthoides x massartiana), which shows the yellow anthers typical of the native bluebell, but also the wide-opening bell shape of the flower heads, which are arranged all round the stem as in the Spanish Bluebell, so it has characteristics of both native and Spanish. Taken on the Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
25 April 2020
Common Bluebell, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale, Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal and Dawsholm Park
CommonBluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) bursting into flower. This native species in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae) has flowers arranged on one side of the stalk, and once fully out, the flowers droop over to one side. Here it is growing along the Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow.
20 April 2020
Common bluebells, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Common bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) are an early flowering native plant. They are common in ancient woodlands and appear in April and May. Millions of bluebells will form ‘carpets' on the woodland floor. Seen here with white bluebells, in a bluebell wood, Greys Court, Oxfordshire.
