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Densely-branched Shrub to 2m, often forming large Colonies. Spiny: main Spines stout, 12-25mm. Flowers golden-yellow, 15-20mm long. Pod 11-20mm, densely hairy.

A male migrant hawker hanging from a bramble in the English countryside.

Ripe cattails with sky in the background.

Yellow chemical flowers, mountain landscape

A close view of the cattails in the wetland pond on a sunny day.

bunch of outdoor plants growing at outdoor garden or outdoor park

$Tot 30-39mm, Ab 25-32mm, HW 19-23mm.\nOur most delicate Lestes, which is normally easily separated by its statue and coloration, although some Iberian populations recall L. barbarous.\nHabitat: A wide variety of seasonally dry shallow and reedy waters in the south, becoming more critical in the north-west, where it is most abundant in heath and bog lakes with peat moss (Sphagnum) and rushes (Juncus).\nFlight Season: Northern populations mostly emerge in July, flying into November.\nDistribution: Widespread in Europe, although seldom the dominant Lestes species. Distribution recall L. barbarous, and also tends to wander like that species, though rarely in similarly great numbers.\n\nThis Species is to be seen in the describe Habitats, but not as common as L. sponsa in the Netherlands.$

Top of tree bush background in mangrove forest for decoration on nature ans tropical outdoor landscape.

ear of wheat in an agricultural field at the golden hour

Scotch broom is a pretty, yellow wildflower similar to gorse. Here it is planted deliberately as part of an urban floral garden display. We think of a broom as a brush or besom, but in Scotland, a brush called a sguab could be made from Scotch broom bound with wire and fitted to a birch handle. Broom is a toxic plant. A Scottish farm lady named Maggy Johnston was famed for her intoxicating brew: Some said it was the pith of Broom, That she stow'd in her masking-loom, Which in our heads rais'd sic a foom; Or some wild seed, Which aft the chaping stoup did toom, But fill'd our head. (From (Elegy on Maggy Johnston), who died in 1711.).

$Identification:\nTot 57-66mm, Ab 39-49mm, Hw 37-42mm.\nIn flight often confused with the related and similar small A. mixta. Ranges less far north, but also migratory and may be invasive in good summers.\nMales are often observed when making low patrols over drying wetlands, showing their noticeable bright colors. The males vivid blue eyes and abdomen and largely green thorax sides are especially distinctive.\nHabitat: Prefers standing waters that dry up over the course of Summer, often overgrown with low rushes, bulrushes or reeds.\nFlight Season: On average, emerges earlier than A. mixta. Seen mainly from May to August, especially in the later months.\nDistribution: Seldom abundant, and only permanently present around the Mediterranean, but scarce in much of Iberia and North Africa. Hot summer weather may lead to influxes further north. Occurs east to Mongolia.\n\nThis Picture is made in a Fen area in Flevoland in half August 2022 by high Summer temperatures.$

Green and orange grass and weeds. Flat lay.

Beautiful bloom pink Asoka flower after rain

A closeup of cute Plumbago auriculata blossoms with blurred background

Early morning sun shining on wildflowers growing in a grassy field. The foreground plants and grass are slightly out of focus, and shallow depth of field blurs everything behind the plants in the immediate foreground.

White and purple iris flower blooms outdoors against nature background in summer

$Tot: 45-50mm, Ab 30-37mm, Hw 33-38mm.\nIdentification:\nVery similar to O. cancellatum, with which it is found especially in the south-east, and as far west as France. However, it is sleeker, paler and more contrasting. Named for the contrasting white appendages of both sexes.\nBehavior:\nLike O. cancellatum, male often sits on open ground near the water, making very fast, low flights over the water.\nOccurrence:\nDistribution is patchy, but the species is generally not uncommon, stretching to China and Japan.\nHabitat: Open Ponds and Lakes.\nFlight Season: From the end of May to mid-September.\n\nThis nice Skimmer is photographed during a Vacation in France in May 1990. Scanned from a slide.$

herbal plants or healing herbs - plant in natural environment

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