Wednesday 27 April 2016

Lousewort

No wildflowers have appeared in the open, exposed hills until today, when we found the first lousewort in bloom, forming tiny splashes of colour amongst grass burnt by the winter.

The name was derived from the idea that sheep who ate it suffered from lice. That it comes out so strongly in April is down to it being a parasite which feeds on the roots of other plants.

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